CVE-2020-13866 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in WinGate v9.4.1.5998, allowing local users to achieve privilege escalation by replacing an executable in the installation directory with a malicious one. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.4.1.5998CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:9.4.1.5998:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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