CVE-2020-26894

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in faulknermedia wildlife issues in the new millennium. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

LiveCode v9.6.1 on Windows allows local, low-privileged users to gain privileges by creating a malicious "cmd.exe" in the folder of the vulnerable LiveCode application. If the application is using LiveCode's "shell()" function, it will attempt to search for "cmd.exe" in the folder of the current application and run the malicious "cmd.exe".

Severity

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: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2020-10-08
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

faulknermedia:wildlife_issues_in_the_new_millennium

References

https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454
https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942
https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454
https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/

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