CVE-2020-36879

Flexsense DiskBoss Service Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 5, 2025 at 05:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDiskbossDiskBoss

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.5HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-428

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