High severity · published Aug 21, 2024
CVE-2020-11847
Vulnerability in sshrelay in privileged access manager provides full system access.
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SSH authenticated user when access the PAM server can execute an OS command to gain the full system access using bash. This issue affects Privileged Access Manager before 3.7.0.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Privileged Access Manager · OpenText
3.7.0.1 before < · source: vendor, CISA
NP
Netiq Privileged Access Manager · Microfocus
before 3.7; 3.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11847
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11847
Release Notes
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/privileged-account-manager-37/npam_3701_releasenotes/data/npam_3701_releasenotes.html
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