7.8high
CVE-2016-20056
Spy Emergency build 23.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
Published 7 mo ago · modified 3 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 5%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Spy Emergency build 23.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the SpyEmrgHealth and SpyEmrgSrv services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by inserting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the unquoted service path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 7 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.5 | 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 |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.5 | 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Spy-Emergency Spy Emergency
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/40550 · exploit
- spy-emergency.com / · product
- spy-emergency.com /download/download.php?id=1 · product
- vulncheck.com /advisories/spy-emergency-build-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation · third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20056
- NVD: CVE-2016-20056
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