{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36985 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-36985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gearboxcomputers IP Watcher, published on 28 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36985 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-36985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gearboxcomputers IP Watcher, published on 28 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36985 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Gearboxcomputers IP Watcher. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36985/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-36985","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36985/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-36985","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pg54-vgm7-p44x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IP Watcher software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in IP Watcher.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-428","name":"Unquoted Search Path or Element"}],"description":"IP Watcher 3.0.0.30 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configuration that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with elevated LocalSystem privileges during service startup.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IP Watcher v3.0.0.30 - 'PACService.exe' Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2020-36985","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Prey 1.9.6 - \"CronService\" Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2020-36986"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"EPSON 1.124 - 'seksmdb.exe' Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2020-36984"},"products":["IP Watcher"],"published":"2026-01-28","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-03-05","vendors":["Gearboxcomputers"]},"summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in IP Watcher.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36985/"}