CVE-2020-14990
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion...
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion by manipulating the Clean & Optimize feature with an NTFS junction and an Object Manager symbolic link.
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
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion by manipulating the Clean & Optimize feature with an NTFS junction and an Object Manager symbolic link.
- Record
CVE-2020-14990- 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
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion by manipulating the Clean & Optimize feature with an NTFS junction and an Object Manager symbolic link.
- Record
CVE-2020-14990- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7120 No score
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion by manipulating the Clean & Optimize feature with an NTFS junction and an Object Manager symbolic link.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7120- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4pvw-p74p-pc99 No score
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion...
IOBit Advanced SystemCare Free 13.5.0.263 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion by manipulating the Clean & Optimize feature with an NTFS junction and an Object Manager symbolic link.
- Record
GHSA-4pvw-p74p-pc99- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-14990 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Iobit Advanced Systemcare, published June 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
