CVE-2016-20060 in Hotspot Shield

Sumário (Inglês)

Hotspot Shield 6.0.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the hshld service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by injecting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the service path and upon service restart or system reboot, the malicious code executes with LocalSystem privileges.

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Responsável

VulnCheck

Reservar

04/04/2026

Divulgação

04/04/2026

Estado

Confirmado

Inscrições

VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerabilidade	CWE	Exp	Con	CVE
355366	Hotspotshield Hotspot Shield Hshld Service Elevação de Privilégios	428	Prova de conceito	Não definido	CVE-2016-20060

Fontes

• MITRE
• NVD
• CVE Details