CVE-2026-12201 (GCVE-0-2026-12201)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-15 00:30
Modified
2026-06-15 19:25
Severity ?
1.9 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-275 - Permission Issues
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Summary
A flaw has been found in IObit Malware Fighter up to 13.2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DLL Handler. This manipulation causes permission issues. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IObit Malware Fighter Version: 13.0
Version: 13.1
Version: 13.2.0
    cpe:2.3:a:iobit:malware_fighter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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