CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-1585

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2023-04-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-04-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-367

Description

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11 and virus definitions from 14 February 2023 or later.

Affected configurations

• avast antivirus (>= 22.5 < 22.11) • avg anti-virus (>= 22.5 < 22.11)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition weakness

References