CVE-2020-13657
Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free before 20.4 due to improperly handling hard links. The vulnerability allows local users to take control of arbitrary files.
INFO
Published Date :
June 29, 2020, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-13657.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=234638.0 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 02, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 No Types Assigned https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=234638.0 No Types Assigned https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=234638.0 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:*:*:*:*:free:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 20.4 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 20.4
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-13657 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-13657
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile