CVE-2020-22809
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates...
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-22809- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-22809- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-15566 No score
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2020-15566- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5x8c-v227-pcxw No score
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates...
In Windscribe v1.83 Build 20, 'WindscribeService' has an Unquoted Service Path that facilitates privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-5x8c-v227-pcxw- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-22809 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Windscribe, published May 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.