CVE-2016-20055 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2016-20055

IObit Advanced SystemCare 10.0.2 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

8.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Ashiyane Digital Security Team

References

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Affected Vendor

Iobit

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Affected Software

IObit Advanced SystemCare

Vulnerable Versions:

10.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: April 4th, 2026

Last Modified: April 6th, 2026

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

Privilege Escalation

T1036 Masquerading

Defense Evasion

T1543 Create or Modify System Process

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1569 System Services