CVE-2016-20056

Spy Emergency build 23.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

04 Apr 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

Spy Emergency build 23.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the SpyEmrgHealth and SpyEmrgSrv services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by inserting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the unquoted service path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

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

Affected products

Spy-Emergency · Spy Emergency

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40550unverified

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40550 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spy-emergency-build-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation http://www.spy-emergency.com/http://www.spy-emergency.com/download/download.php?id=1