CVE-2021-21789 HIGH

CVE-2021-21789

Vendor N/A
Product Iobit
Weakness CWE-782
Published July 7, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220 driver handles Privileged I/O write requests. During IOCTL 0x9c40a0e0, the first dword passed in the input buffer is the device port to write to and the dword at offset 4 is the value to write via the OUT instruction. A local attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 7, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated