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CVE-2016-20093: Wise Care 365 4.27 and Wise Disk Cleaner 9.29 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-19 · updated 2026-09-29
• Weakness: CWE-428

Description

Wise Care 365 4.27 and Wise Disk Cleaner 9.29 contain unquoted service path vulnerabilities in the WiseBootAssistant and SpyHunter 4 Service respectively, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Attackers can insert malicious executables in the system root path that execute during service startup or system reboot with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Wisecleaner Wise Care 365: 4.27
• Wisecleaner Wise Disk Cleaner: 9.29

References

• http://www.wisecleaner.com
• http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40417
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wise-care-365-and-wise-disk-cleaner-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

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