{"id":"CVE-2024-7236","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-7236","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:16:31.366Z","title":"AVG AntiVirus Free icarus Arbitrary File Creation Denial of Service Vulnerability.","description":"AVG AntiVirus Free icarus Arbitrary File Creation Denial of Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of AVG AntiVirus Free. 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 AVG Installer. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the update functionality to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a persistent denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22942.","published":"2024-11-22T22:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:19:41.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["avg/antivirus"],"epss":{"score":0.00267,"percentile":0.18698,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1009/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7236","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."}