CVE-2016-20061 (GCVE-0-2016-20061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-04 13:51 – Updated: 2026-04-04 19:59
VLAI?
Title
sheed AntiVirus 2.3 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
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
Sheedantivirus sheed AntiVirus Affected: 2.3
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Date Public ?
2016-11-10 00:00
Credits
Amir.ght
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