VDB-203268 · CVE-2022-24138 · GCVE-0-2022-24138

IOBit Advanced System Care/Action Download Center Asc.exe permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IOBit Advanced System Care and Action Download Center. Affected is an unknown function of the file Asc.exe. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-24138. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IOBit Advanced System Care and Action Download Center (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the file Asc.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IOBit Advanced System Care (Asc.exe) 15 and Action Download Center both download components of IOBit suite into ProgramData folder, ProgramData folder has "rwx" permissions for unprivileged users. Low privilege users can use SetOpLock to wait for CreateProcess and switch the genuine component with a malicious executable thus gaining code execution as a high privilege user (Low Privilege -> high integrity ADMIN).

The weakness was presented 07/06/2022. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-24138 since 01/31/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/19/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

IOBit

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License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/31/2022 🔍
07/06/2022 +155 days 🔍
07/06/2022 +0 days 🔍
07/19/2022 +13 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-24138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-24138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-203268

Entryinfo

Created: 07/06/2022 21:19
Updated: 07/19/2022 12:33
Changes: 07/06/2022 21:19 (37), 07/19/2022 12:33 (18)
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