CVE-2021-21786

HIGH

IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220 - Privilege Escalation via IOCTL 0x9c406144

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the IOCTL 0x9c406144 handling of IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can lead to increased privileges. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1253

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 21.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-782
Status published
Products (1)
iobit/advanced_systemcare_ultimate 14.2.0.220
Published Jul 07, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026