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GHSA-JCMJ-4X77-VHPR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-05 18:31 – Updated: 2025-12-05 18:31

Details

Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.

Severity ?

8.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2020-36879 (GCVE-0-2020-36879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-05 17:18 – Updated: 2025-12-05 20:08

Summary

Severity ?

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022	exploit
	https://www.diskboss.com/	product
	https://www.diskboss.com/downloads.html	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexsense-di…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Flexsense

DiskBoss

Affected: 11.7.28

Flexsense	DiskBoss Pro	Affected: 11.7.28
Flexsense	DiskBoss Ultimate	Affected: 11.7.28
Flexsense	DiskBoss Pro	Affected: 11.7.28
Flexsense	DiskBoss Ultimate	Affected: 11.7.28
Flexsense	DiskBoss Server	Affected: 11.7.28
Flexsense	DiskBoss Enterprise	Affected: 11.7.28

Credits

Mohammed Alshehri, m507

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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