PT-2025-20565 · Avast · Avast Cleanup Premium

Vladislav Berghici · Published 2025-05-09 · Updated 2025-07-29 · CVE-2024-13962

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avast Cleanup Premium version 24.2.16593.17810

Description The issue allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTTOU) attack.

Recommendations For Avast Cleanup Premium version 24.2.16593.17810, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13962

ZDI-25-698

Affected Products

Avast Cleanup Premium

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13962 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-698 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/23487 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1920869014169112819 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1921392486271840337 · Twitter Post
• https://gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories · Note