CVE-2023-1586

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 restore process leading to arbitrary file creation. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11

Vendor	Product	Versions
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

https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

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CVE-2023-1586

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References