MiniTool ShadowMaker up to 3.2 AgentService.exe unquoted search path

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in MiniTool ShadowMaker up to 3.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files\Minitool ShadowMaker\AgentService.exe. Such manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-36953. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in MiniTool ShadowMaker up to 3.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file C:\Program Files\Minitool ShadowMaker\AgentService.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

MiniTool ShadowMaker 3.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the MTAgentService that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files\MiniTool ShadowMaker\AgentService.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges.

The weakness was shared by Thalia Nieto as 49336. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-36953 since 01/26/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available 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 databases at Exploit-DB (49336) and EUVD (EUVD-2020-30849). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• MiniTool

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• ShadowMaker

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2

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