VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-5803

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The AVGUI.exe of AVG/Avast Antivirus before versions before 24.1 can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an COM hijack in a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) when self protection is disabled.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references