High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2020-37016

Description

BarcodeOCR 19.3.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges during system startup. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious executables that will run with LocalSystem privileges.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.barcode-ocr.comnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48740nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/barcodeocr-barcodeocr-unquoted-service-pathnvd

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