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1 vulnerability found for IObit Advanced SystemCare by Iobit
CVE-2016-20055 (GCVE-0-2016-20055)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-04 13:50
Modified
2026-04-06 15:42
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Summary
IObit Advanced SystemCare 10.0.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AdvancedSystemCareService10 service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the service path and trigger privilege escalation when the service restarts or the system reboots, executing code with LocalSystem privileges.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iobit | IObit Advanced SystemCare |
Version: 10.0.2 |
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