CVE-2016-20057

CVE-2016-20057CVE-2016-20057

netgate / registry_cleaner

Description

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NGRegClnSrv service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Last modified2026-07-21
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.