{"id":"CVE-2020-37102","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-37102","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:46.567Z","title":"Adaware Web Companion 4.9.2159 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the WCAssistantService that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code.","description":"Adaware Web Companion 4.9.2159 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the WCAssistantService that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be run with LocalSystem privileges during service startup.","published":"2026-02-03T15:16:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:16:59.000Z","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":0.00139,"percentile":0.03255,"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 (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://webcompanion.com/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"http://webcompanion.com/LP-WC002/index.php?partner=LU150701WEBDIRECT&campaign=www.doc2pdf.com&search=2&homepage=2&bd=2","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47852","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/adaware-web-companion-wcassistantservice-unquoted-service-path","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37102","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."}