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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-44596

Fone as of 2021-12-06 version is affected by Remote code execution.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 22.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
22.93% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 May 2022
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
wondershare/dr.fone
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%3 November 2026: 22.93%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 22.9% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-50913source ↗Wondershare Dr.Fone 12.0.7 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)windows · Netanel Cohenremote11 May 2022no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.