CVE-2020-36977

HIGH

Wondershare Driver Install Service - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-36977. PoCs published by Luis Sandoval.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Wondershare Driver Install Service. The service path contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotes, potentially allowing local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in the path.

Description

Wondershare Driver Install Service contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ElevationService executable that allows local attackers to potentially inject malicious code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path to replace the service binary with a malicious executable, enabling privilege escalation to LocalSystem account.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Luis Sandoval · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49101

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Wondershare Driver Install Service. The service path contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotes, potentially allowing local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in the path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Wondershare Driver Install Service help 10.7.1.321
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to a directory in the unquoted service path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49101
Various Sources product
https://www.wondershare.com/
Various Sources product
https://www.wondershare.com/drfone/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
Wondershare/Wondershare Driver Install Service help 10.7.1.321
Published Jan 27, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026