# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hc5p-pw4x-wpq8

## 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 (Download of Code Without Integrity Check)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24140?

It affects 5 products.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2016-20055](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-20055/): IObit Advanced SystemCare 10.0.2 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2022-24139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24139/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24140 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24140 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-2022-24140/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24140/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24140
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24140
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24140

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24140/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.