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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

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-09 | Published 2025-05-09 | Updated 2025-05-09 | Assigner NLOK




HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

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

Product status

Default status
affected

24.2.16593.9844
affected

24.3.17165.10564
unaffected

Credits

Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro finder

Zero Day Initiative reporter

References

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

cve.org (CVE-2024-13959)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-13959)

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