CVE-2020-37247: Kite

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Kite 4.2.0.1 U1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

Affected products

• Kite Kite: version 4.2.0.1 U1 only

Published 2026-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.