Getoutline Outline Service up to 1.3.3 unquoted search path

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Getoutline Outline Service up to 1.3.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Outline. Such manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-37030. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Getoutline Outline Service up to 1.3.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Outline. 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:

Outline Service 1.3.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path in C:\Program Files (x86)\Outline to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

The weakness was published by Minh Tuan as 48414. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-37030 since 01/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.009.

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.

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• Getoutline

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• Outline Service

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3

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