{"id":"CVE-2020-22722","aliases":["EUVD-2020-15481","GHSA-rvvh-j26c-f7mv"],"status":"published","title":"Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA 5.8.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in...","description":"Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA 5.8.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ScadaAgentSvc.exe executable file. An attacker can obtain admin privileges by placing a malicious .exe file in the application and renaming it ScadaAgentSvc.exe, which would result in executing the binary as NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM in a Windows operating system. For example, an attacker can plant a reverse shell from a low privileged user account and by restarting the computer, the malicious service will be started as NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM by giving the attacker full system access to the remote PC.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00456,"percentile":0.39808,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-434"],"published":"2020-08-14T15:44:56Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:04:21Z","products":[{"vendor":"rapidscada","product":"rapid_scada"}],"references":[{"url":"https://syhack.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/rapid-scada-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22722"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvvh-j26c-f7mv"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-22722","description":"Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA 5.8.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ScadaAgentSvc.exe executable file. 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