Avast Premium Security privilege escalation | CVE-2023-42123

NAME
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Avast Premium Security privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
Avast Premium Security

Risk Level:
5.3

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Avast Premium Security could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect authorization. in the implementation of the sandbox feature. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local



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