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CVE-2020-36934

Status: DeferredHigh (8.5)—

Deep Instinct Windows Agent 1.2.24.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the DeepNetworkService that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files\HP Sure Sense\DeepNetworkService.exe to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L) sin interacción del usuario (UI:N) con privilegios locales (PR:L) que permite escalada a SYSTEM. Ruta sin comillas en servicio de Windows: ejecución de código con privilegios elevados.

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🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Execution PreventionPrivileged Account ManagementAuditUpdate SoftwareUser Account ManagementThreat Intelligence Program

Affected technologies (2)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Datto — Windows AgentAIHP — Sure SenseAI

CWEs

References

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