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CVE-2024-5803

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CVE-2024-5803

Published: Oct 3, 2024

Modified: Oct 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

AVG/Avast

Antivirus

affected
<24.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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