Vulnerabilities > Avast > Antivirus > High
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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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. | 7.0 |
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. | 7.8 |
2021-12-27 | CVE-2021-45335 | Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Sandbox component in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 has an insecure permission which could be abused by local user to control the outcome of scans, and therefore evade detection or delete arbitrary system files. | 8.8 |
2021-12-27 | CVE-2021-45336 | Unspecified vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Sandbox component of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local sandboxed code to gain elevated privileges by using system IPC interfaces which could lead to exit the sandbox and acquire SYSTEM privileges. | 8.8 |
2021-12-27 | CVE-2021-45337 | Unspecified vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalware (AM-PPL) protection. | 8.8 |
2021-12-27 | CVE-2021-45338 | Unspecified vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allow a local user to gain elevated privileges by calling unnecessarily powerful internal methods of the main antivirus service which could lead to the (1) arbitrary file delete, (2) write and (3) reset security. | 7.8 |
2021-12-27 | CVE-2021-45339 | Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense. | 7.8 |
2020-04-01 | CVE-2020-10868 | Unspecified vulnerability in Avast Antivirus An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. | 7.5 |
2020-04-01 | CVE-2020-10866 | Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in Avast Antivirus An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. | 7.5 |
2020-04-01 | CVE-2020-10865 | Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerability in Avast Antivirus An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. | 7.5 |