Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus and AVG Antivirus - CVE-2020-13657| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:63980 | Date: (C)2020-06-30 (M)2022-10-10 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Avast Antivirus before 20.4.0 or AVG Antivirus before 20.4.0 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw exists in the application. which fails to properly handle hard links. Successful exploitation allows attackers to take control of arbitrary files.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Product: |
| Avast Antivirus |
| AVG Anti-Virus |
