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1 vulnerability found for Realtek High Definition Audio Driver by Realtek
CVE-2016-20085 (GCVE-0-2016-20085)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-19 14:16
Modified
2026-07-15 01:23
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Summary
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by placing a malicious executable in the service path. Attackers can insert an executable file in the unquoted path and restart the service to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Realtek | Realtek High Definition Audio Driver |
Version: 6.0.1.6730 |
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