CVE-2020-37254

high

Description

Wondershare PDFelement 5.2.9 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an unquoted service path in the WsAppService Windows service. Local attackers can place a malicious executable in the service path and execute code with LocalSystem privileges upon service restart or system reboot.

References

https://www.wondershare.com/

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wondershare-pdfelement-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40535

http://download.wondershare.com/inst/pdfelement_setup_full1042.exe

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-19

Updated: 2026-06-23

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