CVE-2020-36981 HIGH

CVE-2020-36981: Motorola Device Manager 2.4.5 - 'ForwardDaemon.exe ' Unquoted Service Path

Vendor Filehorse
Product Motorola Device Manager
Weakness CWE-428
Published January 27, 2026
Last update January 27, 2026

CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Motorola Device Manager 2.4.5 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the PST Service that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in ForwardDaemon.exe to inject malicious code that will execute with elevated system privileges during service startup.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 27, 2026 CVE published
January 27, 2026 Record updated