CVE•Published 2026-06-19•Modified 2026-10-06•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-37253
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
4
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 96% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Winstep 18.06.0096 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the Winstep Xtreme Service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place malicious executables in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-19
Modified 2026-10-06
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-37253Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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