CVE-2020-37254

HIGH8.5

Wondershare PDFelement 5.2.9 Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Service Path

Published Jun 19, 2026

Modified 4 days ago

Details

Wondershare PDFelement 5.2.9 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an unquoted service path in the WsAppService Windows service. Local attackers can place a malicious executable in the service path and execute code with LocalSystem privileges upon service restart or system reboot.

References

WEB

http://download.wondershare.com/inst/pdfelement_setup_full1042.exe

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37254

DETECTION

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40535

ADVISORY

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wondershare-pdfelement-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path

WEB

https://www.wondershare.com/

CVSS Analysis