CVE-2020-37254

Wondershare PDFelement 5.2.9 Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Service Path

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-428

Wondershare PDFelement 5.2.9 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an unquoted service path in the WsAppService Windows service. Local attackers can place a malicious executable in the service path and execute code with LocalSystem privileges upon service restart 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

Wondershare · PDFelement

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40535unverified

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References

http://download.wondershare.com/inst/pdfelement_setup_full1042.exe https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40535 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wondershare-pdfelement-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path https://www.wondershare.com/