What is CVE-2016-20061?

CVE-2016-20061 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sheedantivirus Sheed Antivirus, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-20061?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sheedantivirus Sheed Antivirus

CVE-2016-20061

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

EPSS: 0.001 (2.5th 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

Sheedantivirus Sheed Antivirus — versions 2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20061?: CVE-2016-20061 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sheedantivirus Sheed Antivirus, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-20061?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.