CVE-2020-37251

RealTimes Desktop Service 18.1.4 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

19 Jun 2026Published on NVD

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

RealTimes Desktop Service 18.1.4 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the rpdsvc.exe binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place malicious executables in unquoted path directories to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges during service 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

Real · RealTimes Desktop Service

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/49021unverified

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49021 https://www.real.com/https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/realtimes-desktop-service-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation