CVE-2020-36154 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Pearson VUE VTS Installer 2.3.1911. The Application Wrapper within this installer grants "Everyone" Full Control permissions to its installation directory, allowing a local attacker to achieve administrative privileges by replacing legitimate executables with a malicious Trojan horse application. This vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.8) due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.1911CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pearson:vue_testing_system:2.3.1911:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.