# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7xrv-jv66-7q59

## 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 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24138?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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

- [CVE-2018-16711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16711/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-44968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44968/): Use after free in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-14990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14990/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2020-10234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10234/): Null dereference in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-16712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16712/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24138 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24138/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24138
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24138
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24138

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24138/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.