{"id":"CVE-2020-26894","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-26894","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:13.404Z","title":"LiveCode v9.6.1 on Windows allows local, low-privileged users to gain privileges by creating a malicious \"cmd.exe\" in the folder of the vulnerable LiveCode application.","description":"LiveCode v9.6.1 on Windows allows local, low-privileged users to gain privileges by creating a malicious \"cmd.exe\" in the folder of the vulnerable LiveCode application. If the application is using LiveCode's \"shell()\" function, it will attempt to search for \"cmd.exe\" in the folder of the current application and run the malicious \"cmd.exe\".","published":"2020-10-08T21:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:08:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":["faulknermedia/wildlife issues in the new millennium"],"epss":{"score":0.00435,"percentile":0.37494,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26894","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}