# CVE-2019-17066: In Ivanti WorkSpace Control before 10.4.40.0, a user can elevate rights on the system by hijacking certain user registries.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/A-locally-authenticated-user-with-low-privileges-can-acquire-admin-privileges-by-hijacking-certain-user-registry-entries

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