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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 15:20 – Updated: 2025-05-09 17:38
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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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Avast CleanUp Premium Affected: 24.2.16593.17810
Unaffected: 24.3.17165.19178
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Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Research Zero Day Initiative
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