| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 4.8 | $0-$5k | 2.53 |
Summary
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in IObit Malware Fighter up to 13.2.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DLL Handler. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-12201. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Details
A vulnerability was found in IObit Malware Fighter up to 13.2.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-12201. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.
The exploit is available at nathan2.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-36676). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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VulDB Base Score: 🔒
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: PermissionCWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔒
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
06/14/2026 Advisory disclosed06/14/2026 VulDB entry created
06/15/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-12201 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370844
EUVD: 🔒
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 06/14/2026 13:48Updated: 06/15/2026 04:45
Changes: 06/14/2026 13:48 (56), 06/15/2026 04:45 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Submitter: nathan2
Cache ID: 216::103
Submit
Accepted
- Submit #829913: IObit Malware Fighter 13.2.0 Insecure Permissions in Driver (by nathan2)
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