CVE-2020-36879

Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.

CVSS v4.0

8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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

EPSS

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 18th percentile

Published

2025-12-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-36878
• CVE-2020-36880
• CVE-2020-36877
• CVE-2020-36881
• CVE-2020-36876
• CVE-2020-36882