High 8.5Published Dec 5, 2025

CVE-2020-36879Flexsense DiskBoss Service Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:50 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Flexsense DiskBoss 11.7.28 allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges using any of its services, enabling remote code execution during startup or reboot with escalated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability by specifying a malicious service name in the 'sc qc' command, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.

CVSS: 8.5 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-428
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Dec 5, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Flexsense DiskBoss flexsense:diskboss (from the name)	11.7.28	CNA record
Flexsense DiskBoss Pro flexsense:diskboss_pro (from the name)	11.7.28	CNA record
Flexsense DiskBoss Ultimate flexsense:diskboss_ultimate (from the name)	11.7.28	CNA record
Flexsense DiskBoss Server flexsense:diskboss_server (from the name)	11.7.28	CNA record
Flexsense DiskBoss Enterprise flexsense:diskboss_enterprise (from the name)	11.7.28	CNA record

References

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49022	exploit
https://www.diskboss.com/	product
https://www.diskboss.com/downloads.html	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexsense-diskboss-service-unquoted-service-path-vulnerability	third-party-advisory

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