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CVE-2016-20057highCWE-428

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 8.5epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 54% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NGRegClnSrv service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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