VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-5803
The AVGUI.exe of AVG/Avast Antivirus before versions before 24.1 can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an COM hijack in a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) when self protection is disabled.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The AVGUI.exe of AVG/Avast Antivirus before versions before 24.1 can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an COM hijack in a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) when self protection is disabled.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.11% probability · 1th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-367
- Source
- security@nortonlifelock.com
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.