CVE•Published 2026-04-04•Modified 2026-04-27•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-20058Netgate · Amiti_antivirus

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 95% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element

Description

Netgate AMITI Antivirus build 23.0.305 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AmitiAvSrv and AmitiAntivirusHealth services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted service path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Timeline

Published 2026-04-04

Modified 2026-04-27

External references

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Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2016-20058

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Netgate Amiti Antivirus"

All exposed Netgate Amiti Antivirus instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Amiti Antivirus"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Amiti Antivirus" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-20058