CVE-2016-20057 identifies an unquoted service path vulnerability in NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205, specifically affecting the NGRegClnSrv service. This flaw enables a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation to LocalSystem by placing a malicious executable in the unquoted path, which is then executed upon service restart or system reboot. Rated with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires low privileges and local access, but no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, nor are public exploit modules available; community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 16.0.205CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netgate:registry_cleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.