VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-20057

CVSS score8.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-04
Last modified2026-07-21
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element

Primary references