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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
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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: 2026-04-06 16:43
VLAI?
Title
NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
Summary
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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
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