Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to Avast Cleanup Premium 24.3.17165.19178 or newer


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0002}

epss

{'score': 0.00023}


Fri, 09 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 09 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
Title Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLOK

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-09T17:21:48.110Z

Reserved: 2025-05-09T14:58:02.642Z

Link: CVE-2024-13962

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-09T17:20:35.397Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-09T16:15:23.703

Modified: 2025-05-12T17:32:32.760

Link: CVE-2024-13962

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.