{"cve":"CVE-2020-36879","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-05T18:15:53.713","modified":"2026-06-17T03:16:24.190","status":"Deferred","description":"Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":8.5},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-428"],"references":["https://www.diskboss.com/","https://www.diskboss.com/downloads.html","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexsense-diskboss-service-unquoted-service-path-vulnerability"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:40.427100871+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-36879","score":0.00267,"percentile":0.18852,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}