Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalware (AM-PPL) protection.
References
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https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST3%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST4%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST5 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0 | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2021-12-27T12:44:28
Updated: 2021-12-27T12:44:28
Reserved: 2021-12-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-45337
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-12-27T14:15:07.993
Modified: 2022-07-12T17:42:04.277
Link: CVE-2021-45337
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE