CVE-2020-36986

8.5 highEPSS 0.2%

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

Prey 1.9.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the CronService to insert malicious code that would execute during application startup or system reboot.

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: 2026-01-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://preyproject.com/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48967
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prey-cronservice-unquoted-service-path

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