CVE-2020-36879 (GCVE-0-2020-36879)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-05 17:18
Modified
2025-12-05 20:08
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Summary
Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.
References
Impacted products
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| Flexsense | DiskBoss |
Version: 11.7.28 |
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