CVE-2018-14894

HIGH

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager <10.2.1.603 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-14894. PoCs published by Alpcan Onaran.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit bypasses CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager's application blacklist by revoking read privileges for the SYSTEM account on a target file, preventing CyberArk from inspecting it. The PoC is a C# Windows Forms application that modifies file permissions to achieve this.

Description

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager 10.2.1.603 and earlier allows an attacker (who is able to edit permissions of a file) to bypass intended access restrictions and execute blocked applications.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Alpcan Onaran · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46688

This exploit bypasses CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager's application blacklist by revoking read privileges for the SYSTEM account on a target file, preventing CyberArk from inspecting it. The PoC is a C# Windows Forms application that modifies file permissions to achieve this.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager 10.2.1.603 and below
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to modify file permissions · Target file must be blacklisted by CyberArk
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0VpK0poTco
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46688/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0193
EPSS Percentile 77.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
cyberark/endpoint_privilege_manager < 10.2.1.603
Published Apr 09, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026