CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-37254
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-06-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-29
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-428
Description
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness
References
- http://download.wondershare.com/inst/pdfelement_setup_full1042.exe download.wondershare.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40535 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wondershare-pdfelement-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path www.vulncheck.com
- https://www.wondershare.com/ www.wondershare.com