CVE-2020-37231

HIGH 7.8

Privacy Drive 3.17.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Privacy Drive 3.17.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the pdsvc.exe service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service startup process. Attackers can place malicious executables in the unquoted path directories to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges during service startup or system reboot.

CWE	CWE-428
Vendor	cybertronsoft
Product	privacy drive
Published	May 16, 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

Cybertronsoft / Privacy Drive

3.17.0 Build 1456

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49023 cybertronsoft.com: https://www.cybertronsoft.com/ cybertronsoft.com: https://www.cybertronsoft.com/download/privacy-drive-setup.exe vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/privacy-drive-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

Credits

Mohammed Alshehri