CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-20060

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

Hotspot Shield 6.0.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the hshld service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by injecting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the service path and upon service restart or system reboot, the malicious code executes with LocalSystem privileges.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Hotspot Shield to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability, and ensure that service paths are properly quoted in the system configuration.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Hotspot Shield 6.0.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the hshld service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by injecting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the service path and upon service restart or system reboot, the malicious code executes with LocalSystem privileges.

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