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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: 2026-04-06 16:43
    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
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    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: 2026-04-06 16:43
    VLAI
    Title
    NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
    Summary
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    Severity
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    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
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Date Public
    2016-10-17 00:00
    Credits
    Amir.ght
    Show details on NVD website
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