CVE-2020-37017

HIGH

CodeMeter 6.60 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-37017. PoCs published by Luis Martínez.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in CodeMeter 6.60. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a higher-priority path that the service attempts to execute.

Description

CodeMeter 6.60 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path in the CodeMeter Runtime Server service to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Luis Martínez · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48735

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in CodeMeter 6.60. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a higher-priority path that the service attempts to execute.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: CodeMeter Runtime Server 6.60
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to a directory in the system 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/48735

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