What is CVE-2020-36981?

CVE-2020-36981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Filehorse Motorola Device Manager, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-36981?

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

Vulnerability in Filehorse Motorola Device Manager

CVE-2020-36981

Motorola Device Manager 2.4.5 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the PST Service that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in ForwardDaemon.exe to inject malicious code that will execute with elevated system privileges during service startup.

EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th 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

Filehorse Motorola Device Manager — versions 2.4.5, 2.5.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36981?: CVE-2020-36981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Filehorse Motorola Device Manager, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-36981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.