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CVE-2020-26894

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-10-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

LiveCode v9.6.1 on Windows allows local, low-privileged users to gain privileges by creating a malicious "cmd.exe" in the folder of the vulnerable LiveCode application. If the application is using LiveCode's "shell()" function, it will attempt to search for "cmd.exe" in the folder of the current application and run the malicious "cmd.exe".

Affected products

• Faulknermedia Wildlife Issues In The New Millennium: 18.0.160

References

• https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454
• https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/
• https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942
• https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454
• https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/
• https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942

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