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1 vulnerability by Barcode-Ocr
CVE-2020-37016 (GCVE-0-2020-37016)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-29 14:28 – Updated: 2026-01-29 15:11
VLAI?
Title
BarcodeOCR 19.3.6 - 'BarcodeOCR' Unquoted Service Path
Summary
BarcodeOCR 19.3.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges during system startup. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious executables that will run with LocalSystem privileges.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Barcode-Ocr | BarcodeOCR |
Affected:
19.3.6
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Credits
Daniel Bertoni
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