AVG AntiVirus Free Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of AVG AntiVirus Free. 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 AVG 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-22803.
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Description | AVG AntiVirus Free Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of AVG AntiVirus Free. 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 AVG 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-22803. | |
Title | AVG AntiVirus Free Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability | |
Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2024-11-22T21:12:02.954Z
Updated: 2024-11-23T01:26:24.972Z
Reserved: 2024-07-29T20:26:32.437Z
Link: CVE-2024-7235
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-11-23T01:17:38.633Z
NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.307
Modified: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.307
Link: CVE-2024-7235
Redhat
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