CVE-2018-16712 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can read physical memory via a crafted IOCTL request in IObit Advanced SystemCare, potentially exposing sensitive system data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-16712?

CVE-2018-16712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IObit Advanced SystemCare, which includes Monitor_win10_x64.sys or Monitor_win7_x64.sys, 1.2.0.5 (and possibly earlier versions) allows a user to send a specially crafted IOCTL 0x9C406104 to read physical memory.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16712?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iobit Advanced Systemcare.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-16712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q452-pq2g-xq2m.

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