CVE-2024-13959 (GCVE-0-2024-13959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 15:20 – Updated: 2025-05-09 19:02
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Summary
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory
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')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
AVG TuneUp Affected: 24.2.16593.9844
Unaffected: 24.3.17165.10564
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Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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