CVE-2020-37223

IObit Uninstaller 9.5.0.15 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

13 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

IObit Uninstaller 9.5.0.15 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the IObitUnSvr service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level. Attackers can place a malicious executable named IObit.exe in the C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit directory and restart the service to execute code with SYSTEM privileges.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Iobit · IObit Uninstaller

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/48543unverified

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48543 https://www.iobit.com https://www.iobit.com/en/advanceduninstaller.php https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/iobit-uninstaller-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation