CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-10863
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-04-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 shutdown via RPC from a Low Integrity process via TempShutDownMachine.
Affected configurations
• avast antivirus (< 20.0)
References
- https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory