CVE-2021-45339

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-863

References

• https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0
• https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antit…
• https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0
• https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antit…