CVE-2021-45335

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-45335
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-27 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-07 17:29:00 UTC
DescriptionSandbox 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avast Antivirus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability-Disclosures/CVE-2021-AVST3 & CVE-2021-AVST4 & CVE-2021-AVST5 at main · the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures · GitHub MISC github.com
Researcher Wladimir Palant supports Avast's efforts to protect its users, by submitting vulnerability reports MISC www.avast.com
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