TypeInitializationException ao iniciar o Serviço do Windows porque a seção de configuração não pode ser criada

Tenho um erro estranho em uma máquina específica do Windows Server 2008 R2 (funciona em outras máquinas 2008 R2) ao iniciar um serviço do Windows. O serviço usaCommon.Logging elog4net. No entanto, nesta máquina específica, o manipulador de seção de configuração do Common.Logging não pode ser criado.

Ele falha com os seguintes rastreamentos de pilha (formatados para melhor legibilidade). O que mais me surpreende é aSecurityException. O que pode causar isso?

Alguém tem uma pista?

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for
    'MyWindowsService.Program' threw an exception.
--->
Common.Logging.ConfigurationException: Failed obtaining configuration for
    Common.Logging from configuration section 'common/logging'.
--->
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: An error occurred creating
    the configuration section handler for common/logging: Request failed.
    (C:\Path\MyWindowsService.exe.Config line 7)
--->
System.Security.SecurityException: Request failed.
at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(
    RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached,
    RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis,
    Boolean fillCache)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly,
    Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
at System.Configuration.TypeUtil.CreateInstanceWithReflectionPermission(Type type)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.Init(
    RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.InitWithRestrictedPermissions(
    RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.CreateSectionFactory(
    FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord(
    String configKey, Boolean& isRootDeclaredHere)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Continua com:

at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord(
    String configKey, Boolean& isRootDeclaredHere)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSectionRecursive(
    String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission, Boolean getRuntimeObject,
    Boolean requestIsHere, Object& result, Object& resultRuntimeObject)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at Common.Logging.LogManager.<>c__DisplayClass6.<BuildLoggerFactoryAdapter>b__3()
at Common.Logging.Configuration.ArgUtils.<>c__DisplayClass13.<Guard>b__12()
at Common.Logging.Configuration.ArgUtils.Guard[T](Function`1 function,
    String messageFormat, Object[] args)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at Common.Logging.Configuration.ArgUtils.Guard[T](Function`1 function,
    String messageFormat, Object[] args)
at Common.Logging.LogManager.BuildLoggerFactoryAdapter()
at Common.Logging.LogManager.get_Adapter()
at Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(Type type)
at MyWindowsService.Program..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at MyWindowsService.Program.Main(String[] args)

Minha configuração se parece com isso (a parte Common.Logging de qualquer maneira).

<configSections>
  <sectionGroup name="common">
    <section name="logging"
             type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
  </sectionGroup>
</configSections>

<common>
  <logging>
    <factoryAdapter
     type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter,Common.Logging.Log4net">
      <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />
    </factoryAdapter>
  </logging>
</common>

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