7.8high

CVE-2016-20086

Vembu StoreGrid 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Published 4 mo ago · modified 39 d ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 6%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vembu StoreGrid 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the RemoteBackup and RemoteBackup_webServer services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and restart the service to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
Proof of concept public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA4.08.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA4.08.5CVSS: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
CNA3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Vembu Vembu StoreGrid

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40582 · exploit
  • vulncheck.com /advisories/vembu-storegrid-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation · third-party-advisory

Sources

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