CVE-2021-45339

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

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CWE CWE-269 CWE-863

10 Jan 2022, 21:04

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 7.8
CWE CWE-269
References (MISC) https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0 - (MISC) https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0 - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0 - (MISC) https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

27 Dec 2021, 14:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-12-27 14:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08


NVD link : CVE-2021-45339

Mitre link : CVE-2021-45339

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-45339


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Products Affected

avast

  • antivirus
CWE
CWE-863

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