Active Webcam 115 Unquoted - Service Path Patched

Active Webcam is a popular software utility used for monitoring, recording, and broadcasting from webcams and network cameras. Version 11.5 of the software was found to register its background service using an unquoted path that pointed to its installation folder inside C:\Program Files\ . Discovery and Enumeration

wmic service get name, displayname, pathname, startmode | findstr /i "Active Webcam" Use code with caution. Alternatively, using the Service Control ( sc ) tool: sc qc "ActiveWebcamService" Use code with caution.

Navigate to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ active webcam 115 unquoted service path patched

The value should be of type REG_EXPAND_SZ or REG_SZ with quotes.

wmic service get name,displayname,pathname,startmode | findstr /i "Active Webcam" | findstr /i /v """ Use code with caution. Method 2: PowerShell Active Webcam is a popular software utility used

Technical impact

No, it requires local code execution ability first, but it can be chained with remote exploits. Alternatively, using the Service Control ( sc )

C:\Program.exe (with Files\Active Webcam\webcam.exe as an argument)

Administrators and users can verify the fix by running:

In Active WebCam 11.5, the service is installed with a binary path like C:\Program Files\Active WebCam\WebCam.exe without quotation marks.

This article provides a comprehensive, technical deep dive into understanding, identifying, exploiting, and permanently patching the unquoted service path vulnerability found in Active Webcam 11.5. Understanding the Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability