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10 vulnerabilities found for Cleanup Premium by Avast

CVE-2024-13962 (GCVE-0-2024-13962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 15:20 – Updated: 2025-05-09 17:21
VLAI?
Summary
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast CleanUp Premium Affected: 24.2.16593.17810
Unaffected: 24.3.17165.19178
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-13961 (GCVE-0-2024-13961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 15:20 – Updated: 2025-05-09 17:38
VLAI?
Summary
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast CleanUp Premium Affected: 24.2.16593.17810
Unaffected: 24.3.17165.19178
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Research Zero Day Initiative
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-7229 (GCVE-0-2024-7229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-22 21:11 – Updated: 2024-11-25 17:03
VLAI?
Summary
Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22892.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast Cleanup Premium Affected: 23.4 (build 15592)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-7231 (GCVE-0-2024-7231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-22 21:11 – Updated: 2024-11-25 17:05
VLAI?
Summary
Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22894.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast Cleanup Premium Affected: 23.4 (build 15592)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-7230 (GCVE-0-2024-7230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-22 21:11 – Updated: 2024-11-25 17:05
VLAI?
Summary
Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22893.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast Cleanup Premium Affected: 23.4 (build 15592)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-13962 (GCVE-0-2024-13962)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-05-09 15:20 – Updated: 2025-05-09 17:21
VLAI?
Summary
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast CleanUp Premium Affected: 24.2.16593.17810
Unaffected: 24.3.17165.19178
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-13961 (GCVE-0-2024-13961)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-05-09 15:20 – Updated: 2025-05-09 17:38
VLAI?
Summary
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast CleanUp Premium Affected: 24.2.16593.17810
Unaffected: 24.3.17165.19178
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Research Zero Day Initiative
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-7229 (GCVE-0-2024-7229)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-11-22 21:11 – Updated: 2024-11-25 17:03
VLAI?
Summary
Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22892.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast Cleanup Premium Affected: 23.4 (build 15592)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-7231 (GCVE-0-2024-7231)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-11-22 21:11 – Updated: 2024-11-25 17:05
VLAI?
Summary
Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22894.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast Cleanup Premium Affected: 23.4 (build 15592)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2024-7230 (GCVE-0-2024-7230)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-11-22 21:11 – Updated: 2024-11-25 17:05
VLAI?
Summary
Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22893.
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast Cleanup Premium Affected: 23.4 (build 15592)
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