CVE-2016-20060 is an unquoted service path vulnerability (CWE-428) in Hotspot Shield 6.0.3, enabling a local attacker to escalate privileges. An attacker with low privileges can place a malicious executable in the service path, which will then execute with LocalSystem privileges upon service restart or system reboot. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (HIGH) due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and community discussion surrounding this CVE is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotspotshield | Hotspot Shield | 6.0.3CNA 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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