CVE-2020-37231

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/privacy-drive-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

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

https://www.cybertronsoft.com/download/privacy-drive-setup.exe

https://www.cybertronsoft.com/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-16

Updated: 2026-05-16

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