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CVE-2020-37020

HIGH
8.5CVSS
Published: 2026-01-29
Updated: 2026-01-29
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Description

SonarQube 8.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service executable path. Attackers can replace the wrapper.exe in the service path with a malicious executable to execute code with highest system privileges during service restart.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Confidentiality
undefined
Integrity
undefined
Availability
undefined
Weaknesses
CWE-428

Metadata

Primary Vendor
UNKNOWN
Published
1/29/2026
Last Modified
1/29/2026
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

No affected products information available.

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