PT-2020-12386 · Avast · Avast Antivirus

Umar Farook · Published 2020-04-01 · Updated 2020-04-02 · CVE-2020-10867

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

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

Description An issue was discovered that allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions on tasks from an untrusted process when Self Defense is enabled, by exploiting the aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20, update to version 20 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10867

Affected Products

Avast Antivirus

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10867 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10867 · Security Note