CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-20055

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

The AdvancedSystemCareService10 service in IObit Advanced SystemCare 10.0.2 has an unquoted service path vulnerability. A local attacker can place a malicious executable in the service path, leading to privilege escalation to LocalSystem when the service restarts or the system reboots.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces the risk of a local attacker gaining full system control, allowing arbitrary code execution with system privileges, which could lead to data theft, malware installation, or further network compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update IObit Advanced SystemCare to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability. As a preventive measure, also enclose the service path in quotes in the system registry.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS