CVE-2024-13962 — Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810

CVE-2024-13962

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Avast / CleanUp Premium	affected 24.2.16593.17810; unaffected 24.3.17165.19178

CWE

CWE-59

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.