CVE-2016-20057: pfSense NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
This pfSense advisory covers CVE-2016-20057 in NETGATE Registry Cleaner.
- CVE-2016-20057
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.5
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- NETGATE Registry Cleaner 16.0.205
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
Compiled by VulniPulse from the linked sources. How records are collected and checked.
Affected products & platforms
Description
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.
Text from the source record.
- NETGATE Registry Cleaner 16.0.205
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