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Description

Privacy Drive 3.17.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the pdsvc.exe service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service startup process. Attackers can place malicious executables in the unquoted path directories to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges during service startup or system reboot.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-15 | Published 2026-05-16 | Updated 2026-05-18 | 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

3.17.0 Build 1456
affected

Credits

Mohammed Alshehri finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49023 (ExploitDB-49023) exploit

www.cybertronsoft.com/ (Official Product Homepage) product

www.cybertronsoft.com/download/privacy-drive-setup.exe (Product Reference) product

www.vulncheck.com/...uoted-service-path-privilege-escalation (VulnCheck Advisory: Privacy Drive 3.17.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-37231)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-37231)

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