CVE-2020-36977

Wondershare Driver Install Service contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ElevationService executable that allows local attackers to potentially inject malicious code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path to replace the service binary with a malicious executable, enabling privilege escalation to LocalSystem account.

CVSS v4.0

8.5 HIGHCVSS: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

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 9th percentile

Published

2026-01-27

Updated

2026-01-29

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49101

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-36976
• CVE-2020-36978
• CVE-2020-36975
• CVE-2020-36979
• CVE-2020-36974
• CVE-2020-36980