CVE-2024-7232 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Avast Free Antivirus, specifically within the Avast Service. An attacker with low-privileged code execution can exploit a symbolic link vulnerability to delete a folder, ultimately leading to SYSTEM-level arbitrary code execution. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this flaw requires local access and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code, Metasploit module, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
23.12.6094CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:23.12.6094:build_23.12.8700.813:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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