CVE•Published 2026-04-04•Modified 2026-04-27•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-20059Iobit · Malware_fighter

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

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 98% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element

Description

IObit Malware Fighter 4.3.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the IMFservice and LiveUpdateSvc services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can insert a malicious executable file in the unquoted 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 2026-04-27

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

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-2016-20059

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Iobit Malware Fighter"

All exposed Iobit Malware Fighter instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Malware Fighter"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Malware Fighter" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-20059