Drive-Software Atomic Alarm Clock x86 6.3 Service Program.exe unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drive-Software Atomic Alarm Clock x86 6.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file Program.exe of the component Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-37060. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Drive-Software Atomic Alarm Clock x86 6.3. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file Program.exe of the component 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. CVE summarizes:

Atomic Alarm Clock 6.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its service configuration that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path by placing a malicious executable named 'Program.exe' to gain persistent system-level access.

The weakness was disclosed by boku as 48352. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-37060 since 01/28/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/28/2026 CVE reserved
01/30/2026 +2 days Advisory disclosed
01/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 48352
Researcher: boku
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-37060 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-37060
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-343522
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2026 17:59
Changes: 01/30/2026 17:59 (80)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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