CVE-2018-20735
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
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 7.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2018-13280)
- Published
- January 17, 2019
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-13280 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bmc / patrol agent
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- BMC Software PATROL, V3.4.11 - BMC Software, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0024-2002 - archived
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.securifera.com/blog/2018/12/17/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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