SecuriTricks - CVE-2024-12657

Description

A vulnerability has been found in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate up to 17.0.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function 0x8001E000 in the library AscRegistryFilter.sys of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. An attack has to 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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Iobit	Advanced Systemcare Ultimate	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	iobit	advanced_systemcare_ultimate	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://shareforall.notion.site/IOBit-Advanced-SystemCare-Utimate-AscRegistryFilter-0x8001E000-NPD-DOS-15160437bb1e8068a470ca1611fd7317

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.288526

https://vuldb.com/?id.288526

https://vuldb.com/?submit.456035

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: LOW
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Dec. 16, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 19, 2024, 2:46 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cna@vuldb.com

CVE-2024-12657