CVE-2016-20061

HIGH 7.8

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

2th

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

CWE	CWE-428
Vendor	sheedantivirus
Product	sheed antivirus
Published	Apr 4, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 6, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Sheedantivirus / sheed AntiVirus

2.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40497 sheedantivirus.ir: http://sheedantivirus.ir/ dl.sheedantivirus.ir: http://dl.sheedantivirus.ir/setup.exe vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sheed-antivirus-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

Credits

Amir.ght