CVE-2020-10862 describes a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting Avast Antivirus versions prior to 20. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the aswTask RPC endpoint within the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) to gain elevated privileges on a compromised system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) available, nor is it listed in the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.