PT-2024-17703 · Iobit · Iobit Advanced Systemcare Ultimate

Topgun · Published 2024-12-16 · Updated 2024-12-19 · CVE-2024-12662

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate versions up to 17.0.0

Description A problematic vulnerability has been found in IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate. This issue affects the function 0x8001E040 in the library AscRegistryFilter.sys of the component IOCTL Handler, leading to a null pointer dereference. The attack must be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Recommendations For IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate versions up to 17.0.0, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the 0x8001E040 function in the AscRegistryFilter.sys library until a patch is available. Restrict access to the IOCTL Handler component to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Resource Release

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12662

Affected Products

Iobit Advanced Systemcare Ultimate

References · 10

• 🔥 https://shareforall.notion.site/IOBit-Advanced-SystemCare-Utimate-AscRegistryFilter-0x8001E040-NPD-DOS-15260437bb1e804e86b4e1de92ff0d09 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12662 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12662 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13029 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.457163 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1868815153141051834 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.288531 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1868729630598791525 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/104891 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.288531 · Note