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2 vulnerabilities found for DiskBoss Ultimate by Flexsense
CVE-2020-36879 (GCVE-0-2020-36879)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-12-05 17:18 – Updated: 2025-12-05 20:08
VLAI
Title
Flexsense DiskBoss Service Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability
Summary
Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022 | exploit |
| https://www.diskboss.com/ | product |
| https://www.diskboss.com/downloads.html | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexsense-di… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Pro |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Ultimate |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Server |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Enterprise |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
Date Public
2020-08-20 00:00
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CVE-2020-36879 (GCVE-0-2020-36879)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-05 17:18 – Updated: 2025-12-05 20:08
VLAI
Title
Flexsense DiskBoss Service Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability
Summary
Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022 | exploit |
| https://www.diskboss.com/ | product |
| https://www.diskboss.com/downloads.html | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexsense-di… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Pro |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Ultimate |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Server |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
|
| Flexsense | DiskBoss Enterprise |
Affected:
11.7.28
|
Date Public
2020-08-20 00:00
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