---
id: CVE-2022-24138
title: >-
  IOBit Advanced System Care (Asc.exe) 15 and Action Download Center both
  download components of IOBit suite into ProgramData folder, ProgramData folder
  has "rwx" permissions for unprivileged users
summary: >-
  IOBit Advanced System Care (Asc.exe) 15 and Action Download Center both
  download components of IOBit suite into ProgramData folder, ProgramData folder
  has "rwx" permissions for unprivileged users. Low privilege users can use
  SetOpLock to…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-552
vendor: iobit
product: advanced_systemcare
affected:
  - advanced_systemcare = 15
published: '2022-07-06'
updated: '2026-07-05'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24138'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/tomerpeled92/CVE/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://advanced.com'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://iobit.com'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://github.com/tomerpeled92/CVE/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00584
epssPercentile: 0.4555
ingestedAt: '2026-07-06T17:03:24.823Z'
---

## Overview

IOBit Advanced System Care (Asc.exe) 15 and Action Download Center both download components of IOBit suite into ProgramData folder, ProgramData folder has "rwx" permissions for unprivileged users. Low privilege users can use SetOpLock to wait for CreateProcess and switch the genuine component with a malicious executable thus gaining code execution as a high privilege user (Low Privilege -> high integrity ADMIN).

## Affected

- `advanced_systemcare = 15`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.