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CVE-2021-45339
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could …
Impact
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Avast | Antivirus | before 20.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0
- https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0
- https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0
- https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0