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Description

Vembu StoreGrid 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the RemoteBackup and RemoteBackup_webServer services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and restart the service to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-06-19 | Published 2026-06-19 | Updated 2026-06-22 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Unquoted Search Path or Element

Product status

4.0
affected

Credits

Joey Lane finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40582 (ExploitDB-40582) exploit

www.vulncheck.com/...uoted-service-path-privilege-escalation (VulnCheck Advisory: Vembu StoreGrid 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2016-20086)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-20086)

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