CVE-2020-36984

HIGH

EPSON 1.124 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation in SENADB Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-36984. PoCs published by İsmail Önder Kaya.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in EPSON 1.124's 'seksmdb.exe'. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a path that is executed due to improper quoting.

Description

EPSON 1.124 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the SENADB service that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files (x86)\EPSON_P2B\Printer Software\Status Monitor\ to inject malicious executables that will run with LocalSystem permissions.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by İsmail Önder Kaya · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48965

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in EPSON 1.124's 'seksmdb.exe'. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a path that is executed due to improper quoting.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: EPSON 1.124 (seksmdb.exe)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to a directory in the unquoted path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
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)
Epson/EPSON 1.124
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026