CVE-2016-20061

high

Description

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sheed-antivirus-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40497

http://sheedantivirus.ir/

http://dl.sheedantivirus.ir/setup.exe

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-04

Updated: 2026-04-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: 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

Severity: High