CVE-2020-13178 — A function in the Teradici PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows and Graphics Agent f

A function in the Teradici PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows and Graphics Agent for Windows prior to version 20.04.1 does not properly validate the signature of an external binary, which could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges via execution in the context of the PCoIP

01What is this vulnerability?

A function in the Teradici PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows and Graphics Agent for Windows prior to version 20.04.1 does not properly validate the signature of an external binary, which could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges via execution in the context of the PCoIP Agent process.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a /	PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows - PCoIP Graphics Agent for Windows — PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows 20.04.0 and earlier, PCoIP Graphics Agent for Windows 20.04.0 and earlier.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-08-11T17:50:43.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:11:19.416Z

09References

• advisory.teradici.com — https://advisory.teradici.com/security-advisories/60/