CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-10865
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:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829
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 make arbitrary changes to the Components section of the Stats.ini file via RPC from a Low Integrity process.
Affected configurations
• avast antivirus (< 20.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness
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