U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

CVE-2020-36916 Detail

Description

TDM Digital Signage PC Player 4.1.0.4 contains an elevation of privileges vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify executable files. Attackers can leverage the 'Modify' permissions for authenticated users to replace executable files with malicious binaries and gain elevated system access.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 8.5 HIGH
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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to [email protected].

URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190627 VulnCheck
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/159723 VulnCheck
https://pro.sony/en_NL/products/display-software/tdm-ds1y-tdm-ds3y VulnCheck
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48953 CISA-ADP, VulnCheck
https://www.tdmsignage.com VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tdm-digital-signage-pc-player-privilege-escalation-via-insecure-permissions VulnCheck
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2020-5604.php VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource VulnCheck  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-36916
NVD Published Date:
01/06/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/08/2026
Source:
VulnCheck