CVE-2020-35593
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
BMC PATROL Agent through 20.08.00 allows local privilege escalation via vectors involving pconfig +RESTART -host.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (18th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2020-23259)
- Published
- September 5, 2023
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-23259 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 30, 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
- http://web.archive.org/web/20210106175128/https://community.bmc.com/s/article/SECURITY-Patrol-Agent-Local-Privilege-Escalation-in-BMC-PATROL-Agent-CVE-2020-35593(Broken Link)
- https://community.bmc.com/s/article/SECURITY-Patrol-Agent-Local-Privilege-Escalation-in-BMC-PATROL-Agent-CVE-2020-35593(Broken Link)
- https://webapps.bmc.com/support/faces/az/prodallversions.jsp?seqid=304517(Product)
- https://www.securifera.com/advisories/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.securifera.com/blog/2021/03/08/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin-part-2/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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