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.

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 th…

EPSS: 0.000 (0.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netgate Amiti Antivirus — versions 23.0.305

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

ExploitDB-40540 (exploit)
Official Product Homepage (product)
Product Reference (product)
VulnCheck Advisory: Netgate AMITI Antivirus build 23.0.305 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation (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.