CVE - CVE-2021-45338

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-45338	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allow a local user to gain elevated privileges by calling unnecessarily powerful internal methods of the main antivirus service which could lead to the (1) arbitrary file delete, (2) write and (3) reset security.
References
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MISC:https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST1.1 MISC:https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST1.2 MISC:https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST1.3 MISC:https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20211220	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20211220)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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