HighCVENVD — high/critical CVEs (rolling 7d)· 4 Apr 2026
CVE-2016-20061 — sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the Shav…
Severity: High · Kind: Vulnerability
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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.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2016-20061
- CVSS
- 7.8
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