CVE-2016-20057 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2016-20057

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

8.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NGRegClnSrv service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Amir.ght

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Affected Vendor

Netgate

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Affected Software

NETGATE Registry Cleaner

Vulnerable Versions:

16.0.205

Timeline

Official Publish: April 4th, 2026

Last Modified: April 6th, 2026

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

Privilege Escalation

T1036 Masquerading

Defense Evasion

T1543 Create or Modify System Process

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1569 System Services