CVE-2020-13657 (GCVE-0-2020-13657)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-29 17:51
Modified
2024-08-04 12:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free before 20.4 due to improperly handling hard links. The vulnerability allows local users to take control of arbitrary files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=234638.0Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=234638.0Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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