{"id":"CVE-2024-7230","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-7230","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:47:52.806Z","title":"Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.","description":"Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22893.","published":"2024-11-22T22:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:19:40.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["avast/cleanup premium"],"epss":{"score":0.00342,"percentile":0.27521,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1000/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7230","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}