High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2026

CVE-2020-37247

Description

Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50975nvd
www.kite.comnvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kite-u1-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalationnvd

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