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Description

Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-16 | 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

4.2.0.1 U1
affected

Credits

Ghaleb Al-otaibi finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50975 (ExploitDB-50975) exploit

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

www.vulncheck.com/...uoted-service-path-privilege-escalation (VulnCheck Advisory: Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-37247)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-37247)

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