CVE-2020-14974: Iobit Unlocker

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Iobit Iobit Unlocker: version 1.1.2 only

Published 2020-06-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.