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CVE-2023-1585

Published: Apr 19, 2023

Modified: Feb 5, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11 and virus definitions from 14 February 2023 or later.

VendorProductVersions

Avast

Avast Antivirus

affected
22.5 - <= 22.10

AVG

AVG Antivirus

affected
22.5 - <= 22.10

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

References

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