CVE-2020-36975 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2020-36975

EPSON Status Monitor 3 'EPSON_PM_RPCV4_06' - Unquoted Service Path

8.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

EPSON Status Monitor 3 version 8.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can leverage the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\EPSON\EPW!3SSRP\E_S60RPB.EXE' to inject malicious executables and escalate 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:

SamAlucard

References

Affected Vendor

SEIKO EPSON Corp

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Affected Software

Status Monitor 3

Vulnerable Versions:

EPSON_PM_RPCV4_06 8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 27th, 2026

Last Modified: July 15th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 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