What is GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6?

GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6 cover?

GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-20085. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6?

GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6HighCVSS 7.8

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 19, 2026

Last Modified

June 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-20085 →

📋 Description

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.6730 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by placing a malicious executable in the service path. Attackers can insert an executable file in the unquoted path and restart the service to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20085
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40587
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/realtek-high-definition-audio-driver-privilege-escalation
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w258-mjv8-mjj6