CVE•Published 2026-05-16•Modified 2026-05-18•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-37247
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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
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-16
Modified 2026-05-18
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-37247Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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CVE-2020-37247Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
"CVE-2020-37247" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2020-37247 on GitHub.
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