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CVE-2020-37231: Privacy Drive 3.17.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-428

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.

Affected products

• Cybertronsoft Privacy Drive: 3.17.0 Build 1456

References

• https://www.cybertronsoft.com/
• https://www.cybertronsoft.com/download/privacy-drive-setup.exe
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49023
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/privacy-drive-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

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