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CVE-2020-37232: Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-16 · updated 2026-09-29
• Weakness: CWE-428

Description

Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AdvancedSystemCareService13 service binary path that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place malicious executables in the system root path that will be executed with LocalSystem privileges during service startup or system reboot.

Affected products

• Iobit Advanced System Care Service: 13.0.0.157

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49049
• https://www.iobit.com
• https://www.iobit.com/es/advancedsystemcarepro.php
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/advanced-system-care-service-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

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