CVE-2020-12615: BeyondTrust Privilege Management For Windows

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. When adding the Add Admin token to a process, and specifying that it runs at medium integrity with the user owning the process, this security token can be stolen and applied to arbitrary processes.

Affected products

• BeyondTrust Privilege Management For Windows: before 5.6 (fixed in 5.6); version 5.6 only

Published 2023-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.