VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-1585

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Description

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11 and virus definitions from 14 February 2023 or later.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Primary references