CVE-2022-24138 Privilege escalation in n/a
Low-privilege users can replace downloaded components in a world-writable directory to execute malicious code with high privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-24138?
CVE-2022-24138 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24138?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Iobit Advanced Systemcare.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-24138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xrv-jv66-7q59.