EIP-2026-117536

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Windows - Service Trusted Path Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-117536. PoCs published by Metasploit.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a trusted path privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows services by leveraging ambiguous file paths containing spaces. It identifies vulnerable services, drops a malicious executable in the ambiguous path, and restarts the service to achieve local privilege escalation.

Description

Microsoft Windows - Service Trusted Path Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubylocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20543

This Metasploit module exploits a trusted path privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows services by leveraging ambiguous file paths containing spaces. It identifies vulnerable services, drops a malicious executable in the ambiguous path, and restarts the service to achieve local privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Windows Services (e.g., OpenVPN 2.1.1, OpenSSH Server 5)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Ability to write files to the filesystem · A vulnerable service running as SYSTEM
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026