LocalSystem code execution via unquoted service paths
Published Jan 16, 2026 · Updated Jan 16, 2026
Privilege escalation in NETGATE Technologies Spy Emergency 25.0.650 allows local users to execute code as LocalSystem. The SpyEmrgHealth and SpyEmrgSrv services register space-containing executable paths without quotation marks, causing Windows to resolve attacker-planted executables first. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, write access to a searched path location, and a system startup or service restart.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in NETGATE Technologies Spy Emergency 25.0.650 allows local users to execute code as LocalSystem. The SpyEmrgHealth and SpyEmrgSrv services register space-containing executable paths without quotation marks, causing Windows to resolve attacker-planted executables first. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, write access to a searched path location, and a system startup or service restart.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-47845
- Published
- Jan 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 16, 2026
- Vendor
- NETGATE Technologies s.r.o.
- Product
- Spy Emergency
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=25.0.650
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Public exploit references
- Spy Emergency 25.0.650 Multiple Unquoted Service Pathproof of concept · demonstrated
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