CVE-2020-36990 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2020-36990

Input Director 1.4.3 - 'Input Director' Unquoted Service Path

8.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Input Director 1.4.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configuration that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path during system startup or reboot to inject and run malicious executables with LocalSystem permissions.

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:

TOUHAMI Kasbaoui

References

Affected Vendor

Inputdirector

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Affected Software

Input Director

Vulnerable Versions:

1.4.3

Timeline

Official Publish: January 28th, 2026

Last Modified: January 28th, 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