CVE-2016-20085

8.5 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.5). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by placing a malicious executable in the service path. Attackers can insert an executable file in the unquoted path and restart the service to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.5 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-428
Published: 2026-06-19
Modified: 2026-09-29
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40587
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/realtek-high-definition-audio-driver-privilege-escalation

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