CVE-2020-10862

moderate-risk
Published 2020-04-01

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) allows attackers to achieve Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) via RPC.

Do I need to act?

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0.14% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Avast

References (6)

Release Notes https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0
Release Notes https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0
Exploit https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/ma...
Release Notes https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0
Release Notes https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0
Exploit https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/ma...
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal