{"id":"CVE-2020-36879","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36879","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:28.883Z","title":"Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges.","description":"Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.","published":"2025-12-05T18:15:54.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:16:24.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-428"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00267,"percentile":0.18641,"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 (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.diskboss.com/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.diskboss.com/downloads.html","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexsense-diskboss-service-unquoted-service-path-vulnerability","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36879","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."}