CVE-2020-14974

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The driver in IOBit Unlocker 1.1.2 allows a low-privileged user to unlock a file and kill processes (even ones running as SYSTEM) that hold a handle, via IOCTL code 0x222124.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.iobit.com/en/iobit-unlocker.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.iobit.com/en/iobit-unlocker.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 23, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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