CVE-2018-20735
An issue was discovered in BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01.
Public exploit code
Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.
- BMC Patrol Agent - Privilege Escalation Code Execution Execution (Metasploit)2019-03-18 · remote · multiple · Verified
Impact
An issue was discovered in BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01. It was found that the PatrolCli application can allow for lateral movement and escalation of privilege inside a Windows Active Directory environment. It was found that by default the PatrolCli / PATROL Agent application only verifies if the password provided for the given username is correct; it does not verify the permissions of the user on the network. This means if you have PATROL Agent installed on a high value target (domain controller), you can use a low privileged domain user to authenticate with PatrolCli and then connect to the domain controller and run commands as SYSTEM. This means any user on a domain can escalate to domain admin through PATROL Agent. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because they believe it is adequate to prevent this escalation by means of a custom, non-default configuration
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Bmc | Patrol Agent | through 11.3.01 |