Description

NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NGRegClnSrv service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-04T13:51:00.540Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-04T19:59:46.492Z

Source :

VulnCheck
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-20057 vulnerability.

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http://www.netgate.sk/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.netgate.sk/download/download.php?id=4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40539 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-registry-cleaner-build-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation cve-icon cve-icon
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