CVE-2016-20088

Comodo Chromodo Browser 52.15.25.664 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

High8.5EPSS 0.18%

Published: 19 Jun 2026
Updated: 22 Jun 2026
Reserved: 19 Jun 2026
Assigned by: VulnCheck

Description

Comodo Chromodo Browser 52.15.25.664 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ChromodoUpdater service that runs with SYSTEM privileges. A local attacker can insert a malicious executable in the service path and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges upon service restart or system reboot.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-20088, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)	4.0	High8.5	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
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)	3.1	High7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Deferred	4.0	High8.5	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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.

Weakness

CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-428 and its CVEs

Affected products

Comodo · Chromodo Browser
- affected ≤ 52.15.25.664

References (5)

ExploitDB-40473 (opens in a new tab)exploit
Official Product Homepage (opens in a new tab)product
Official Product Homepage (opens in a new tab)product
Product Reference (opens in a new tab)product
VulnCheck Advisory: Comodo Chromodo Browser 52.15.25.664 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 22 Jun 2026, 17:15 UTC.