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CVE-2023-49944

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: December 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPrivilege Management for Windows

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

The Challenge Response feature of BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW) before 2023-07-14 allows local administrators to bypass this feature by decrypting the shared key, or by locating the decrypted shared key in process memory. The threat is mitigated by the Agent Protection feature.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Privilege Management for Windows· Beyondtrust
95%
v < 2023-07-14
Affected range stops below 2023-07-14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.beyondtrust.com/security
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt23-08

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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