CVE-2020-14974
The driver in IOBit Unlocker 1.1.2 allows a low-privileged user to unlock a file and kill...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-14974- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-14974- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7104 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7104- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w9cx-83vw-qj73 No score
The driver in IOBit Unlocker 1.1.2 allows a low-privileged user to unlock a file and kill...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w9cx-83vw-qj73- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Aterror2be/CVE-2020-14974 | 2024-04-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-14974 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Iobit Unlocker, published June 23, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.