CVE-2020-36958

8.5 highEPSS 0.2%

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

Kite 1.2020.1119.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files\Kite\KiteService.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges on the system.

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 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-428
Published: 2026-01-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49205
https://www.kite.com/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kite-kiteservice-unquoted-service-path

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