
CVE-2024-13962 – Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-13962
09 May 2025 — Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 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. • https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') •

CVE-2024-13961 – Avast Cleanup Premium TuneupSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-13961
09 May 2025 — Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 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. • https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition •

CVE-2024-7229 – Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-7229
29 Jul 2024 — Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. • https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1002 • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') •

CVE-2024-7230 – Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-7230
29 Jul 2024 — Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. • https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1000 • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') •

CVE-2024-7231 – Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-7231
29 Jul 2024 — Avast Cleanup Premium Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Cleanup Premium. 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 Avast Cleanup Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. • https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1001 • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') •