CVE-2024-7236

AVG AntiVirus Free icarus Arbitrary File Creation Denial of Service Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Nov 22, 2024
Updated
Nov 23, 2024
Reserved
Jul 29, 2024

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Description

AVG AntiVirus Free icarus Arbitrary File Creation Denial of Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of AVG AntiVirus Free. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the AVG Installer. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the update functionality to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a persistent denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22942.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.05.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hzdi

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
AntiVirus FreeAVG
  • 23.12.8700.812Affected

References

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