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CVE-2016-20085highCWE-428

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 Privilege Escalation

41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 8.5epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 94% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by placing a malicious executable in the service path. Attackers can insert an executable file in the unquoted path and restart the service 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
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