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CVE-2016-20060

Hotspot Shield

Description

Hotspot Shield 6.0.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the hshld service binary that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by injecting malicious executables. Attackers can place executable files in the service path and upon service restart or system reboot, the malicious code executes with LocalSystem privileges.

CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.151%Risk 0.79
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Published
2026-04-04 14:16:18
Affected versions
==6.0.3
Type
Installed app
Last modified
2026-07-20 20:10:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H