CVE-2019-17066 Information

Description

In Ivanti WorkSpace Control before 10.4.40.0 a user can elevate rights on the system by hijacking certain user registries. This is possible because pwrgrid.exe first checks the Current User registry hives (HKCU) when starting an application with elevated rights.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/A-locally-authenticated-user-with-low-privileges-can-acquire-admin-privileges-by-hijacking-certain-user-registry-entries

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8