CVE-2016-20061CWE-428

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

High · published April 4, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00123 · 1.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-428 · Unquoted Search Path or Element
Published
2026-04-04T13:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 APR 13:51Z
    sheed AntiVirus 2.3 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5