CVE-2020-37232

Advanced System Care Service 13.0.0.157 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

16 May 2026Published on NVD

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

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.

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 · Advanced System Care Service

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/49049unverified

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

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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