CVE-2024-5803
Oct. 4, 2024, 1:50 p.m.
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CVSS Score
Product(s) Impacted
AVG/Avast Antivirus
- before 24.1
Description
The AVGUI.exe of AVG/Avast Antivirus before versions before 24.1 can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an COM hijack in a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) when self protection is disabled.
Weaknesses
CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.
CWE ID: 367Date
Published: Oct. 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 4, 2024, 1:50 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@nortonlifelock.com
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
HIGHCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H