CVE-2024-13959

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: May 9, 2025
Updated: May 9, 2025
Reserved: May 9, 2025

Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NLOK

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
TuneUpAVG	24.2.16593.9844Affected 24.3.17165.10564Not affected

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

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