{"id":"CVE-2020-36986","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36986","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:22:49.312Z","title":"Prey 1.9.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges.","description":"Prey 1.9.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the CronService to insert malicious code that would execute during application startup or system reboot.","published":"2026-01-28T13:15:51.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:16:41.000Z","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:L/UI:N/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":0.00174,"percentile":0.06829,"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 (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://preyproject.com/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48967","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prey-cronservice-unquoted-service-path","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36986","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."}