CVE-2020-36986

Prey 1.9.6 - "CronService" Unquoted Service Path

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

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

Lifecycle

28 Jan 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Prey 1.9.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the CronService to insert malicious code that would execute during application startup or system reboot.

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

Preyproject · Prey

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References

https://preyproject.com/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48967 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prey-cronservice-unquoted-service-path