Iobit Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157 unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Iobit Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-37232. The attack is only possible with local access. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Iobit Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AdvancedSystemCareService13 service binary path that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place malicious executables in the system root path that will be executed with LocalSystem privileges during service startup or system reboot.

The weakness was released by Jair Amezcua as 49049. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-37232 since 05/15/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

05/15/2026 CVE reserved
05/16/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
05/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 49049
Researcher: Jair Amezcua
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-37232 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-37232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-364341
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2026 18:04
Changes: 05/16/2026 18:04 (78)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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