CVE-2023-5760
Avast/Avg Antivirus Ioctl TOCTOU Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Description
A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) bug in handling of IOCTL (input/output control) requests. This TOCTOU bug leads to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can be further exploited, allowing an attacker to gain full local privilege escalation on the system.This issue affects Avast/Avg Antivirus: 23.8.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 8, 2023, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 16, 2023, 4:48 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
1.5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2023-5760.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2023-5760 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html No Types Assigned https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-367 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:23.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 15, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3.1 NortonLifeLock Inc. AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N Added CVSS V3.1 NortonLifeLock Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 08, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) bug in handling of IOCTL (input/output control) requests. This TOCTOU bug leads to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can be further exploited, allowing an attacker to gain full local privilege escalation on the system.This issue affects Avast/Avg Antivirus: 23.8. Added Reference NortonLifeLock Inc. https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html [No types assigned] Added CWE NortonLifeLock Inc. CWE-367 Added CVSS V3.1 NortonLifeLock Inc. AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-5760 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-2023-5760
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
0.05725
percentile