CVE•Published 2026-04-04•Modified 2026-04-14•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-20055Iobit · Advanced_system_care
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
IObit Advanced SystemCare 10.0.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AdvancedSystemCareService10 service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the service path and trigger privilege escalation when the service restarts or the system reboots, executing code with LocalSystem privileges.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-04
Modified 2026-04-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-20055Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Iobit Advanced System Care"All exposed Iobit Advanced System Care instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Advanced System Care"HTTP body or banner mentions "Advanced System Care" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-20055Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-20055Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-20055Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-20055GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-20055" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (1)
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