CVE-2021-45335

2021-12-2712:29:43

mitre

www.cve.org

avast antivirus

sandbox component

insecure permission

local user

scans

detection

system files

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

Sandbox component in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 has an insecure permission which could be abused by local user to control the outcome of scans, and therefore evade detection or delete arbitrary system files.

References

github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST3%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST4%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST5

www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0