CVE-2021-44596
Critical · CVSS 9.8Wondershare Dr. Fone — Unauthenticated UDP Remote Code Execution leading to SYSTEM privilege escalation
- CVSS
- 9.8
- nvd
- EPSS
- 22.7%
- 97th pct
- KEV
- No
- Class
- other
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Description
Wondershare LTD Dr. Fone as of 2021-12-06 version is affected by Remote code execution. Due to software design flaws an unauthenticated user can communicate over UDP with the "InstallAssistService.exe" service(the service is running under SYSTEM privileges) and manipulate it to execute malicious executable without any validation from a remote location and gain SYSTEM privileges
Search profile — drives PoC discovery
Symbols InstallAssistService.exeDr.FoneUDPSYSTEM privilegesunauthenticatedmalicious executableInstallAssist
Keywords CVE-2021-44596Wondershare Dr.FoneInstallAssistServiceUDP RCEprivilege escalationWonderShellDr.Fone 12.0.7Wondershare RCEInstallAssistService.exe exploitDr.Fone SYSTEM privilege
Versions: up to and including 12.0.7 (as of 2021-12-06)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167035/Wondershare-Dr.Fone-12.0.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://medium.com/@tomerp_77017/wondershell-a82372914f26
- http://dr.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167035/Wondershare-Dr.Fone-12.0.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://wondershare.com
- https://medium.com/%40tomerp_77017/wondershell-a82372914f26
Status: enriched · ingested 2026-07-05T06:00:39.000Z · profiled 2026-07-05T06:30:39.000Z