High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2026· Updated Jun 23, 2026

CVE-2020-37253

Description

Winstep 18.06.0096 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the Winstep Xtreme Service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place malicious executables in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

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Affected products

Winstep/Winstep Xtremellm-fuzzy
Range: = 18.06.0096

Patches

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References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49004nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/winstep-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalationnvd

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