Security Advisory

CVE-2016-20060

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-04-04 13:51:04
Last updated 2026-04-06 13:29:02
Assigner VulnCheck
CVSS score 8.5
State PUBLISHED

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.