CVE-2016-20061Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-428

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Technical details provided in 1 signal
Disclosure: 1 classified signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Disclosure

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20061

Full discourse1 post

CVE@CVEnew186d
Disclosure
CVE-2016-20061 sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the servi… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20061
Post summary
The tweet details an unquoted service path flaw in Sheed AntiVirus 2.3 that can enable local privilege escalation, and links to the CVE record.
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