CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-7235

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-11-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-11-22
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:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

AVG AntiVirus Free Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of AVG AntiVirus Free. 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 AVG Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. . Was ZDI-CAN-22803.

Affected configurations

• avg antivirus 23.11.8635.809

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References