High severity · published Jan 6, 2021
CVE-2020-36168
An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform 3.4 and 3.5
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RP
Resiliency Platform · Veritas
3.4; 3.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36168
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-015
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