Brother BRPrint Auditor 3.0.7 BRPA_Agent Service unquoted search path

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A vulnerability was found in Brother BRPrint Auditor 3.0.7. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BRPA_Agent Service. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-36929. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Brother BRPrint Auditor 3.0.7. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component BRPA_Agent Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Brother BRPrint Auditor 3.0.7 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configurations that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted file paths in BrAuSvc and BRPA_Agent services to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges on the system.

The weakness was released by Brian Rodriguez as 50005. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-36929 since 01/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (50005). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Brother

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• BRPrint Auditor

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• 3.0.7

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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