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2 vulnerabilities found for Program Access Controller by Gearboxcomputers

CVE-2020-36987 (GCVE-0-2020-36987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-28 12:29 – Updated: 2026-01-28 14:53
VLAI?
Title
Program Access Controller v1.2.0.0 - 'PACService.exe' Unquoted Service Path
Summary
Program Access Controller 1.2.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in PACService.exe that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path during system startup or reboot to inject and run malicious executables with LocalSystem permissions.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
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
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Gearboxcomputers Program Access Controller Affected: 1.2.0.0
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public ?
2020-08-25 00:00
Credits
Mohammed Alshehri
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CVE-2020-36987 (GCVE-0-2020-36987)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-28 12:29 – Updated: 2026-01-28 14:53
VLAI?
Title
Program Access Controller v1.2.0.0 - 'PACService.exe' Unquoted Service Path
Summary
Program Access Controller 1.2.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in PACService.exe that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path during system startup or reboot to inject and run malicious executables with LocalSystem permissions.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
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
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Gearboxcomputers Program Access Controller Affected: 1.2.0.0
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public ?
2020-08-25 00:00
Credits
Mohammed Alshehri
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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