CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-13657

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2020-06-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-06-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• avast avg antivirus (< 20.4) • avast free antivirus (< 20.4)

References