CVE-2022-24140 Code injection in n/a
Attackers can intercept unencrypted update requests to inject malicious code, achieving remote code execution with admin privileges on affected IOBit desktop applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-24140?
CVE-2022-24140 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IOBit Advanced System Care 15, iTop Screen Recorder 2.1, iTop VPN 3.2, Driver Booster 9, and iTop Screenshot sends HTTP requests in their update procedure in order to download a config file. After downloading the config file, the products will parse the HTTP location of the update from the file and will try to install the update automatically with ADMIN privileges. An attacker Intercepting this communication can supply the product a fake config file with malicious locations for the updates thus gaining a remote code execution on an endpoint.
Weakness: CWE-494
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24140?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Iobit Advanced System Care, Iobit Driver Booster, Iobit Itop Screen Recorder, Iobit Itop Screenshot, Iobit Itop Vpn.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24140?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2022-24140 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24140 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc5p-pw4x-wpq8.