CVE-2016-20056 identifies an unquoted service path vulnerability in Spy Emergency build 23.0.205, specifically within its SpyEmrgHealth and SpyEmrgSrv services. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by inserting malicious executables into the unquoted path, which are then executed with LocalSystem privileges upon service restart or system reboot. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant impact (C:H, I:H, A:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requires only low privileges (PR:L) for a local attacker (AV:L). While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and community discussion is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spy-Emergency | Spy Emergency | 23.0.205CNA affected |
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
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