Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-24140 · published 6 July 2022
CVE-2022-24140: Iobit advanced system care download of code without integrity check vulnerability
Iobit · Advanced System Care
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.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/tomerpeled92/CVE/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/tomerpeled92/CVE/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-24140), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.