Acunetix 25.11.251107123 Local Privilege Escalation via wvsc.exe
Acunetix 25.11.251107123 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Web Vulnerability Scanning Engine (wvsc.exe) that allows low-privileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM by exploiting a missing hardcoded directory path for OpenSSL-related files. Attackers can create the missing directory, place a malicious file at the expected path, and cause the SYSTEM-level wvsc.exe process to load and execute it, resulting in full privilege escalation.
CVE-2026-6958
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-6958
Acunetix
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Invicti Security Corp.",
"product": "Acunetix",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25.11.251107123",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-6958
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #5456 · Revision 1
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- Publisher date