CVE-2020-35152 json
Privilege escalation through unquoted service binary path on Cloudflare WARP for Windows
published 2021-02-02 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-22840
- cvss
- 4.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cloudflare WARP for Windows allows privilege escalation due to an unquoted service path. A malicious user or process running with non-administrative privileges can become an administrator by abusing the unquoted service path issue. Since version 1.2.2695.1, the vulnerability was fixed by adding quotes around the service's binary path. This issue affects Cloudflare WARP for Windows, versions prior to 1.2.2695.1.
Patch / fix
- Cloudflare Cloudflare WARP for Windows 1.2.2695.1
Exploit prediction
0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Cloudflare Cloudflare WARP for Windows
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
References
-
github.com
/cloudflare/advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-qc57-v5q8-f22h
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-35152
- NVD CVE-2020-35152
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