User Registry Hijacking Vulnerability in Ivanti WorkSpace Control

User Registry Hijacking Vulnerability in Ivanti WorkSpace Control

CVE-2019-17066 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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