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GHSA-7RVM-5HWF-93CV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-11 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-11 18:30

Details

Collision in MiniFilter driver in Avast Software Avast Free Antivirus before 25.9 on Windows allows a local attacker with administrative privileges to disable real-time protection and self-defense mechanisms.

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2025-10905 (GCVE-0-2025-10905)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-11 15:52 – Updated: 2025-11-12 20:02

Title

Collision in minifilter driver of Avast Free Antivirus results in disabling of real-time protection

Summary

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-11-12 14:53 UTC

CWE

CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Assigner

NLOK

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/secur…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Avast	Free Antivirus	Affected: 0 , < 25.9 (custom)

Credits

Dongchan Seo

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