Vulnerability in Netgate Amiti Antivirus
CVE-2016-20058
Netgate AMITI Antivirus build 23.0.305 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AmitiAvSrv and AmitiAntivirusHealth services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted service path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Netgate Amiti Antivirus
- Netgate Amiti Antivirus — versions 23.0.305
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40540 (Exploit, VDB Entry, exploit)
- www.netgate.sk/ (Product, product)
- www.netgate.sk/download/download.php (Product, product)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-amiti-antivirus-build-unquoted-service-pat… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-20058?
- CVE-2016-20058 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgate Amiti Antivirus, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-04.
- How severe is CVE-2016-20058?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.