CVE-2020-36879 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-36879

Flexsense DiskBoss Service Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.

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:

  • Mohammed Alshehri, m507

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

DiskBoss, DiskBoss Pro, DiskBoss Ultimate, DiskBoss Server, DiskBoss Enterprise
Vulnerable Versions:
11.7.28

Timeline

Official Publish: December 5th, 2025
Last Modified: December 5th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1543 Create or Modify System Process
Persistence
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1569 System Services
Execution