Cyber Resilience

CVE-2016-20093

HighPublic PoC

Published: 19 June 2026

Published
19 June 2026
Modified
23 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0012 2.1th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2016-20093 is a high-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Wisecleaner (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 2.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Wise Care 365 4.27 and Wise Disk Cleaner 9.29 contain unquoted service path vulnerabilities in the WiseBootAssistant and SpyHunter 4 Service respectively, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Attackers can insert malicious executables in the system…

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root path that execute during service startup or system reboot with elevated privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-428

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Wisecleaner
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References