Avast Free Antivirus vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-12572 [HIGH] CWE-312 CVE-2018-12572: Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows l Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data.

CVE-2024-7232 [HIGH] CWE-59 CVE-2024-7232: Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerab Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw

CVE-2024-7233 [HIGH] CWE-59 CVE-2024-7233: Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerab Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw

CVE-2024-7227 [HIGH] CWE-59 CVE-2024-7227: Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerab Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw

CVE-2017-5567 [MEDIUM] CWE-427 CVE-2017-5567: Code injection vulnerability in Avast Premier 12.3 (and earlier), Internet Security 12.3 (and earlie Code injection vulnerability in Avast Premier 12.3 (and earlier), Internet Security 12.3 (and earlier), Pro Antivirus 12.3 (and earlier), and Free Antivirus 12.3 (and earlier) allows a local attacker to bypass a self-protection mechanism, inject arbitrary code, and take full control of any Avast process via a "DoubleAgent" attack. One perspective on t

CVE-2020-13657 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-13657: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free before An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free before 20.4 due to improperly handling hard links. The vulnerability allows local users to take control of arbitrary files.

CVE-2016-4025 [MEDIUM] CWE-254 CVE-2016-4025: Avast Internet Security v11.x.x, Pro Antivirus v11.x.x, Premier v11.x.x, Free Antivirus v11.x.x, Bus Avast Internet Security v11.x.x, Pro Antivirus v11.x.x, Premier v11.x.x, Free Antivirus v11.x.x, Business Security v11.x.x, Endpoint Protection v8.x.x, Endpoint Protection Plus v8.x.x, Endpoint Protection Suite v8.x.x, Endpoint Protection Suite Plus v8.x.x, File Server Security v8.x.x, and Email Server Security v8.x.x allow attackers to bypass the Dee

CVE-2024-7228 [MEDIUM] CWE-59 CVE-2024-7228: Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw

CVE-2025-10905 [MEDIUM] CWE-693 CVE-2025-10905: Collision in MiniFilter driver in Avast Software Avast Free Antivirus before 25.9 on Windows allow Collision in MiniFilter driver in Avast Software Avast Free Antivirus before 25.9 on Windows allows a local attacker with administrative privileges to disable real-time protection and self-defense mechanisms.