CVE-2016-20058 | Netgate AMITI Antivirus 23.0.305 AmitiAntivirusHealth Service unquoted search path (Exploit 40540 / EDB-40540)

VDB-355357 · CVE-2016-20058 · EXPLOIT 40540 NETGATE AMITI ANTIVIRUS 23.0.305 AMITIANTIVIRUSHEALTH SERVICE UNQUOTED SEARCH PATH HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 7.1 $0-$5k 0.41+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Netgate AMITI Antivirus 23.0.305. This affects an unknown part of the component AmitiAntivirusHealth Service. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-20058. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present. Detailsinfo A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Netgate AMITI Antivirus 23.0.305. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component AmitiAntivirusHealth Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: Netgate AMITI Antivirus build 23.0.305 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AmitiAvSrv and AmitiAntivirusHealth services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted service path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges. The weakness was disclosed by Amir.ght as 40540. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-20058 since 04/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/04/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (40540). Productinfo Type Anti-Malware Software Vendor Netgate Name AMITI Antivirus Version 23.0.305 CPE 2.3info 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1 VulDB Base Score: 7.0 VulDB Temp Score: 6.4 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 7.8 CNA Vector (VulnCheck): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Unquoted search path CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: No Availability: 🔒 Access: Public Status: Proof-of-Concept Download: 🔒 Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Exploit-DB: 🔒 Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 04/04/2026 Advisory disclosed 04/04/2026 +0 days CVE reserved 04/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Advisory: 40540 Researcher: Amir.ght Status: Not defined CVE: CVE-2016-20058 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-20058 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355357 scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013 Entryinfo Created: 04/04/2026 19:44 Changes: 04/04/2026 19:44 (81) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:BD8:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸