CVE-2017-8308

CVE-2017-8308 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus versions prior to v17, allowing an unprivileged user or malware to designate any process as "Trusted." This bypasses Avast's Self-Defense mechanism, making the antivirus product itself vulnerable to further attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.