Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22892.
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Avast cleanup Premium
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:avast:cleanup_premium:23.4:build_15592:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Avast cleanup Premium
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Avast
Avast cleanup
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:avast:cleanup:23.4:*:*:*:premium:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Avast
Avast cleanup
Metrics ssvc

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


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22892.
Title Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-11-22T21:11:47.802Z

Updated: 2024-11-25T17:03:04.735Z

Reserved: 2024-07-29T20:23:13.968Z

Link: CVE-2024-7229

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-25T17:00:24.482Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:15.543

Modified: 2024-12-09T20:04:08.797

Link: CVE-2024-7229

cve-icon Redhat

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