CVE-2020-36990

HIGH

Input Director 1.4.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-36990. PoCs published by TOUHAMI Kasbaoui.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Input Director 1.4.3. The vulnerability allows for potential privilege escalation by exploiting the service path during system startup or reboot.

Description

Input Director 1.4.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configuration 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 TOUHAMI Kasbaoui · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48795

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Input Director 1.4.3. The vulnerability allows for potential privilege escalation by exploiting the service path during system startup or reboot.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Input Director 1.4.3
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the vulnerable directory
MITRE ATT&CK
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/48795
Various Sources product
https://www.inputdirector.com/

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)
Inputdirector/Input Director 1.4.3
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026