{"id":"CVE-2021-44596","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-44596","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T00:19:38.660Z","title":"Fone as of 2021-12-06 version is affected by Remote code execution.","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","published":"2022-04-29T12:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-09T01:17:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["wondershare/dr.fone"],"epss":{"score":0.22929,"percentile":0.97749,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2022-05-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50913,"kind":"exploit","title":"Wondershare Dr.Fone 12.0.7 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50913","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/50913.py","file":"exploits/windows/remote/50913.py","published":"2022-05-11","added":"2022-05-11","updated":"2022-05-12","author":"Netanel Cohen","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2021-44596"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167035/Wondershare-Dr.Fone-12.0.7-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://medium.com/@tomerp_77017/wondershell-a82372914f26","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167035/Wondershare-Dr.Fone-12.0.7-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40tomerp_77017/wondershell-a82372914f26","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44596","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}