CVE-2020-37247

Description

Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

high

CVSS score

7.8 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Effective score

7.8 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2020-37247

Linked Threat

CVE-2020-37247 — CVE-2020-37247

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-16 16:16:21 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-05-18 17:32:04 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

7.8 / 10 HIGH source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability subscore

1.8 / 10

Impact subscore

5.9 / 10

EPSS score

0.0001 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

2.29% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-428 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2020-31248

Assigner

VulnCheck

Published

May 16, 2026, 3:26:02 PM

Updated

May 18, 2026, 12:40:56 PM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

8.5 / 10
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

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.0100

Vendors

Kite

Products

Kite (4.2.0.1 U1)

Aliases

GHSA-89g2-88gp-pqf4

ENISA description: Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (6)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37247 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37247 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50975 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
• https://www.kite.com/ tenable:www.kite.com
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kite-u1-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation tenable:www.vulncheck.com

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

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  web:community.ui.com

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  2026-05-26 02:55 UTC
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  2026-05-26 02:55 UTC
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  2026-05-26 02:55 UTC
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  2026-05-26 02:55 UTC
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