Vulnerability · Published Mar 24, 2026 · Assigned by certcc
CVE-2026-1995IDrive Cloud Backup Client for Windows contains a privilege escalation vulnerability
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in IDrive Cloud Backup Client for Windows from IDrive. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In versions before 7.0.0.64, IDrive’s id_service.exe process runs with elevated privileges and regularly reads from several files under the C:\ProgramData\IDrive\ directory. The UTF16-LE encoded contents of these files are used as arguments for starting a process, but they can be edited by any standard user logged into the system. An attacker can overwrite or edit the files to specify a path to an arbitrary executable, which will then be executed by the id_service.exe process with SYSTEM privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IDrive | IDrive Cloud Backup Client for Windows | 0 – through 7.0.0.63 |