CVE-2024-5803 (GCVE-0-2024-5803)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-03 14:20 – Updated: 2024-10-03 15:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local privelage escalation via COM hijacking
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-03 15:35 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG/Avast | Antivirus |
Affected:
<24.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| avg | avg_anti-virus |
Affected:
0 , < 24.1
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:avg:avg_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-10-03 14:19
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