Avast AVG Antivirus privilege escalation | CVE-2023-5760
NAME
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Avast AVG Antivirus privilege escalation
Platforms Affected:
Avast AVG Antivirus 23.8
Risk Level:
7.8
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
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Avast AVG Antivirus could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw in the handling of IOCTL (input/output control) requests. By sending a specially crafted IOCTL requests, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Local
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