CVE-2020-36168 CRITICAL

CVE-2020-36168

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Product n/a
Published January 6, 2021
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform 3.4 and 3.5. It leverages OpenSSL on Windows systems when using the Managed Host addon. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library. This library may attempt to load the openssl.cnf configuration file, which does not exist. By default, on Windows systems, users can create directories under C:\. A low privileged user can create a C:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine, resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts. This gives the attacker administrator access on the system, allowing the attacker (by default) to access all data, access all installed applications, etc.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 6, 2021 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated