CVE-2017-20218Serviio PRO 1.8 Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Path

Description

Serviio PRO 1.8 contains an unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows service that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing malicious executables in the system root path. Additionally, improper directory permissions with full access for the Users group allow authenticated users to replace the executable file with arbitrary binaries, enabling privilege escalation during service startup or system reboot.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• Zero Science Lab Disclosure third-party-advisory
• SecuriTeam Blogs third-party-advisory
• Exploit-DB exploit
• Packet Storm Security exploit
• CXSecurity third-party-advisory
• IBM X-Force Exchange vdb-entry
• VulnCheck Advisory: Serviio PRO 1.8 Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Path third-party-advisory