CVE-2020-36977 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2020-36977

Wondershare Driver Install Service help 10.7.1.321 - 'ElevationService' Unquote Service Path

8.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Wondershare Driver Install Service contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ElevationService executable that allows local attackers to potentially inject malicious code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path to replace the service binary with a malicious executable, enabling privilege escalation to LocalSystem account.

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:

Luis Sandoval

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Affected Vendor

Wondershare

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Affected Software

Wondershare Driver Install Service help

Vulnerable Versions:

10.7.1.321

Timeline

Official Publish: January 27th, 2026

Last Modified: January 29th, 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