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High · 7.8 CVE-2016-20061 EUVD-2016-10871

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Published Apr 4, 2026 · Updated Apr 6, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Sheedantivirus sheed AntiVirus 2.3 —

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