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Description

Kite 1.2020.1119.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files\Kite\KiteService.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges on the system.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-26 | Published 2026-01-26 | Updated 2026-01-26 | 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

Any version
affected

Credits

Ismael Nava finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49205 (ExploitDB-49205) exploit

www.kite.com/ (Vendor Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/.../kite-kiteservice-unquoted-service-path (VulnCheck Advisory: Kite 1.2020.1119.0 - 'KiteService' Unquoted Service Path) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-36958)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-36958)

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