CVE-2020-10864 — Improper Input Validation in Antivirus

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.07%
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 trigger a reboot via RPC from a Low Integrity process.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDavast/antivirus< 20.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jxr6-f42f-343g: An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-10864: An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20↗2020-04-01
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CVE-2020-10864 — Improper Input Validation in Avast | cvebase