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sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can ins…

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2016-20061
First seen2026-07-21 08:30 UTC
Disclosed2026-04-04 14:16 UTC
Last updated2026-07-21 08:31 UTC
Channel statusdraft

Summary

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Lint boundary warnings (2)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: http://dl.sheedantivirus.ir/setup.exe
  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: http://sheedantivirus.ir/

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD