CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-42125

7.8 HIGH Published 2024-05-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59, CWE-706

Description

Avast Premium Security Sandbox Protection Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Premium Security. 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 exists within the implementation of the sandbox feature. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary namespace objects. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-20383.

Affected configurations

• avast premium security 22.12.6044

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-706 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference weakness

References