PT-2020-12384 · Avast · Avast Antivirus

Umar Farook · Published 2020-04-01 · Updated 2020-04-02 · CVE-2020-10865

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avast Antivirus versions prior to 20

Description An issue was discovered that allows attackers to make arbitrary changes to the Components section of the Stats.ini file via the "aswTask" RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) from a Low Integrity process.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20, update to version 20 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the aswTask RPC endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-829

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10865

Affected Products

Avast Antivirus

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10865 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10865 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 · Vendor Advisory