CVE-2020-37231CWE-428

Privacy Drive 3.17.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

High · published May 16, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privacy Drive 3.17.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the pdsvc.exe service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service startup process. Attackers can place malicious executables in the unquoted path directories to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges during service startup or system reboot.

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
0.00120 · 1.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-428 · Unquoted Search Path or Element
Published
2026-05-16T15:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 MAY 15:25Z
    Privacy Drive 3.17.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5