Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Avast Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22806.
History

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Avast
Avast free Antivirus
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:23.11.6090:build_23.11.8365.809:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Avast
Avast free Antivirus
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Sat, 23 Nov 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:30:00 +0000

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Description Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Avast Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22806.
Title Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-11-22T21:11:37.314Z

Updated: 2024-11-23T01:26:25.282Z

Reserved: 2024-07-29T20:22:57.091Z

Link: CVE-2024-7228

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-23T01:17:50.044Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:15.417

Modified: 2024-12-09T20:08:59.000

Link: CVE-2024-7228

cve-icon Redhat

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