PT-2026-30354 · Undefined · Undefined

Published 2026-04-04 · Updated 2026-04-04 · CVE-2016-20057

NVD

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NGRegClnSrv service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20057

Affected Products

Undefined

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20057 · Security Note
• http://netgate.sk/download/download.php?id=4 · Note
• http://netgate.sk · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-registry-cleaner-build-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation · Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40539 · Note