CVE-2020-37016

HIGH

BarcodeOCR 19.3.6 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-37016. PoCs published by Daniel Bertoni.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This writeup describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in BarcodeOCR 19.3.6, where 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

BarcodeOCR 19.3.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges during system startup. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious executables that will run with LocalSystem privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Daniel Bertoni · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48740

This writeup describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in BarcodeOCR 19.3.6, where 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
Theoretical
Target: BarcodeOCR 19.3.6
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/48740
Various Sources product
https://www.barcode-ocr.com/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
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
Published Jan 29, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026