CVE-2016-20090

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Sep 29, 2026

Description

Comodo Dragon Browser versions up to 52.15.25.663 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the DragonUpdater service due to an unquoted service path running with SYSTEM privileges. A local attacker can insert a malicious executable in the service path and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges upon service restart or system reboot.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-428

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Comodo	Dragon Browser	<= 52.15.25.663

References

Timeline

Published: Jun 19, 2026
Last modified: Sep 29, 2026
NVD status: Deferred

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