- Description
- In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink. The next time the product attempts to write to the log file, the target of the symlink is renamed. This defect can be exploited to rename a critical product file (e.g., AvastSvc.exe), causing the product to fail to start on the next system restart.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.4
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 0.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 3.6
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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