CVE-2020-37021

HIGH

10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor 3.9 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-37021. PoCs published by boku.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This writeup describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor v3.9, which allows local privilege escalation to SYSTEM by placing a malicious binary in a truncated service path. The vulnerability affects three services: Svc10StrikeBandMonitor, Svc10StrikeBMWD, and Svc10StrikeBMAgent.

Description

10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor 3.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in multiple services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in specific file path locations to achieve privilege escalation to SYSTEM during service startup.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by boku · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48591

This writeup describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor v3.9, which allows local privilege escalation to SYSTEM by placing a malicious binary in a truncated service path. The vulnerability affects three services: Svc10StrikeBandMonitor, Svc10StrikeBMWD, and Svc10StrikeBMAgent.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor v3.9
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Ability to write to the root of the C: drive or another location in the unquoted 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/48591
Various Sources product
https://www.10-strike.com/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.8%
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