CVE-2020-36154

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The Application Wrapper in Pearson VUE VTS Installer 2.3.1911 has Full Control permissions for Everyone in the "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Pearson VUE" directory, which allows local users to obtain administrative privileges via a Trojan horse application.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-36154
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-01-04T17:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-01-12T15:36:52
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-732 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pearson:vue_testing_system:2.3.1911:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49143 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/passtheticket/vulnerability-research/blob/main/privilege-escalation/pearsonvue-readme.md Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36154
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36154
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:27:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 19:20:09 2021-01-04T17:15Z 2021-01-04T17:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 19:20:09 2021-01-12T15:36:52 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 19:20:09 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated