CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-20058

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.72%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

The vulnerability in Netgate AMITI Antivirus build 23.0.305 involves an unquoted service path in the AmitiAvSrv and AmitiAntivirusHealth services. A local attacker can place a malicious executable in this path and after a service restart or system reboot gain LocalSystem privileges.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a local attacker can escalate privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise and access to sensitive data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the software to a version that fixes the unquoted service path vulnerability. Additionally, administrators should review and secure service paths against unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Netgate AMITI Antivirus build 23.0.305 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AmitiAvSrv and AmitiAntivirusHealth services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted service path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS