Description
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.
Published: 2026-01-27
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Motorola-device-manager
Motorola-device-manager motorola Device Manager
Vendors & Products Motorola-device-manager
Motorola-device-manager motorola Device Manager

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Motorola Device Manager 2.4.5 - 'ForwardDaemon.exe ' Unquoted Service Path
Weaknesses CWE-428
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, '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'}


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Motorola-device-manager Motorola Device Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-27T20:35:16.942Z

Reserved: 2026-01-27T15:47:07.999Z

Link: CVE-2020-36981

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-27T20:35:13.114Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-27T19:16:11.117

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2020-36981

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-28T12:22:07Z

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