CVE-2020-10861 — Improper Input Validation in Antivirus

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Avast Antivirus
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) allows attackers to achieve Arbitrary File Deletion from Avast Program Path via RPC, when Self Defense is Enabled.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDavast/antivirus< 20.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f539-gp43-69fv: An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-10861: An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20↗2020-04-01
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CVE-2020-10861 — Improper Input Validation in Avast | cvebase