CVE-2016-20093

high

Description

Wise Care 365 4.27 and Wise Disk Cleaner 9.29 contain unquoted service path vulnerabilities in the WiseBootAssistant and SpyHunter 4 Service respectively, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Attackers can insert malicious executables in the system root path that execute during service startup or system reboot with elevated privileges.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wise-care-365-and-wise-disk-cleaner-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40417

http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html

http://www.wisecleaner.com

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-19

Updated: 2026-06-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0012