Understanding the Active Webcam 115 Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability and Its Patch
Introduction
If this path is not wrapped in quotes ("C:\Program Files\Active Webcam\Webcam.exe"), Windows interprets the spaces as delimiters. When the service starts, the Operating System attempts to locate and execute files in the following order: C:\Program.exe C:\Program Files\Active.exe C:\Program Files\Active Webcam\Webcam.exe The Security Risk: Privilege Escalation active webcam 115 unquoted service path patched
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When Windows tries to start the service, it reads the path one segment at a time. For example, if the path is C:\Program Files\Active WebCam\WebCam.exe, Windows might mistakenly try to run a malicious file named C:\Program.exe or C:\Program Files\Active.exe instead. How it was Patched Understanding the Active Webcam 115 Unquoted Service Path
Obtain SYSTEM shell – The malicious Program.exe runs as SYSTEM, granting full control. How it was Patched Obtain SYSTEM shell –
This is the unquoted service path vulnerability (CWE-428).