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2 vulnerabilities found for NETGATE Registry Cleaner by Netgate

CVE-2016-20057 (GCVE-0-2016-20057)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-04-04 13:51 – Updated: 2026-04-04 19:59
VLAI?
Title
NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
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
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netgate NETGATE Registry Cleaner Affected: 16.0.205
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public ?
2016-10-17 00:00
Credits
Amir.ght
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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CVE-2016-20057 (GCVE-0-2016-20057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-04 13:51 – Updated: 2026-04-04 19:59
VLAI?
Title
NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
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
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netgate NETGATE Registry Cleaner Affected: 16.0.205
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public ?
2016-10-17 00:00
Credits
Amir.ght
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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