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.
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1002/ |
History
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:30:00 +0000
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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 | |
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cvssV3_0
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2024-11-22T21:11:47.802Z
Updated: 2024-11-22T21:11:47.802Z
Reserved: 2024-07-29T20:23:13.968Z
Link: CVE-2024-7229
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:15.543
Modified: 2024-11-22T22:15:15.543
Link: CVE-2024-7229
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