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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2016-20057

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Netgate NETGATE Registry Cleaner

  • 16.0.205affected

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