CVE-2020-37231

Privacy Drive 3.17.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the pdsvc.exe service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service startup process. Attackers can place malicious executables in the unquoted path directories to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges during service startup or system reboot.

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

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 2th percentile

Published

2026-05-16

Updated

2026-05-18

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49023

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-37230
• CVE-2020-37232
• CVE-2020-37229
• CVE-2020-37233
• CVE-2020-37228
• CVE-2020-37234