CVE-2021-45339
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-27 12:57
Modified
2024-08-04 04:39
Severity ?
Summary
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0Vendor Advisory
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