Vulnerabilities > Avast > Antivirus > 22.5

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2024-06-10 CVE-2024-5102 Link Following vulnerability in Avast Antivirus
A sym-linked file accessed via the repair function in Avast Antivirus <24.2 on Windows may allow user to elevate privilege to delete arbitrary files or run processes as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The vulnerability exists within the "Repair" (settings -> troubleshooting -> repair) feature, which attempts to delete a file in the current user's AppData directory as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
local
high complexity
avast CWE-59
7.0
2023-04-19 CVE-2023-1587 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a NULL pointer dereference issue via RPC-interface.
local
low complexity
avast avg CWE-476
5.5
2023-04-19 CVE-2023-1585 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in multiple products
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion.
local
high complexity
avast avg CWE-367
6.3
2023-04-19 CVE-2023-1586 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in multiple products
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process leading to arbitrary file creation.
local
high complexity
avast avg CWE-367
4.7
2023-01-10 CVE-2022-4294 Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
local
low complexity
avira norton avast avg
7.8