CVE-2020-36987

HIGH

Program Access Controller 1.2.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-36987. PoCs published by Mohammed Alshehri.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in Program Access Controller v1.2.0.0, which could allow local privilege escalation by exploiting the service path to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges during system startup or reboot.

Description

Program Access Controller 1.2.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in PACService.exe that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path during system startup or reboot to inject and run malicious executables with LocalSystem permissions.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Mohammed Alshehri · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48966

This exploit describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in Program Access Controller v1.2.0.0, which could allow local privilege escalation by exploiting the service path to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges during system startup or reboot.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Program Access Controller v1.2.0.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the directory structure where the unquoted path is located
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/48966
Various Sources product
https://www.gearboxcomputers.com/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.2%
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)
Gearboxcomputers/Program Access Controller 1.2.0.0
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026