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CVE-2024-13960

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AVG TuneUp Version 23.4



Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneUp Service in AVG TuneUp Version 23.4 (build 15592) on Windows 10 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

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')

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

Product status

Default status
affected

23.4
affected

24.1 31.7.2024
unaffected

Credits

Zero Day Initiative reporter

References

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

cve.org (CVE-2024-13960)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-13960)

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