CVE-2022-24140

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.

Category

6.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.66% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory iobit.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://advanced.com not applicable
http://iobit.com vendor advisory
https://github.com/tomerpeled92/CVE/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-24140?
CVE-2022-24140 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-24140?
To fix CVE-2022-24140, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-24140 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-24140 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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