CVE-2020-37254

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Sep 29, 2026

Description

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.

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

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

VendorProductVersions
WondersharePDFelement5.2.9

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 19, 2026
Last modified
Sep 29, 2026
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

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