CVE-2022-24138 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-24138

IOBit Advanced System Care (Asc.exe) 15 and Action Download Center...

Vulnerability Description

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).

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

advanced systemcare
Vulnerable Versions:
15

Timeline

Official Publish: July 6th, 2022
Last Modified: July 9th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 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)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.