CVE-2020-36986

HIGH

Prey 1.9.6 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation via CronService

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-36986. PoCs published by Ömer Tuygun.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Prey 1.9.6. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in the system root path.

Description

Prey 1.9.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the CronService to insert malicious code that would execute during application startup or system reboot.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Ömer Tuygun · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48967

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Prey 1.9.6. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in the system root path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Prey 1.9.6
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the system root path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48967
Various Sources product
https://preyproject.com/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
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)
Preyproject/Prey 1.9.6
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026