CVE-2018-16711: Iobit Advanced Systemcare

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IObit Advanced SystemCare, which includes Monitor_win10_x64.sys or Monitor_win7_x64.sys, 1.2.0.5 (and possibly earlier versions) allows a user to send an IOCTL (0x9C402088) with a buffer containing user defined content. The driver's subroutine will execute a wrmsr instruction with the user's buffer for input.

Affected products

  • Iobit Advanced Systemcare: up to and including 1.2.0.5

Published 2018-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.