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    1 vulnerability by Wise

    CVE-2016-20093 (GCVE-0-2016-20093)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 14:16 – Updated: 2026-06-19 14:16
    VLAI
    Title
    Wise Care 365 4.27 and Wise Disk Cleaner 9.29 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
    Summary
    Wise Care 365 4.27 and Wise Disk Cleaner 9.29 contain unquoted service path vulnerabilities in the WiseBootAssistant and SpyHunter 4 Service respectively, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Attackers can insert malicious executables in the system root path that execute during service startup or system reboot with elevated privileges.
    Severity
    8.5 (High)
    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
    7.8 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Wise Wisecleaner Affected: 9.29
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2016-09-23 00:00
    Credits
    Tulpa
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