CVE-2021-45338
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductAvast Antivirus
PublishedDec 27, 2021
First seenDec 27, 2021
How to fix
Update
- avast antivirus20.4 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| avast antivirus | v < 20.4 | 20.4 |
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