Vulnerability in Avast Antivirus
CVE-2020-10861
An 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 Defens…
EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Avast Antivirus
- Microsoft Windows
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-10861?
- CVE-2020-10861 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avast Antivirus. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-01.
- How severe is CVE-2020-10861?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-10861 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.