CVE-2020-10861

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-10861
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-01 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) allows attackers to achieve Arbitrary File Deletion from Avast Program Path via RPC, when Self Defense is Enabled.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avast Antivirus All All All All
Application Avast Antivirus All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Version: 20.1 (February 2020) MISC forum.avast.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Release history with notes (2020) MISC forum.avast.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/README.md at master · umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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