CVE-2020-10862

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se detectó un problema en Avast Antivirus versiones anteriores a 20. El endpoint de aswTask RPC para la biblioteca TaskEx en el Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) permite a atacantes lograr una Escalada de Privilegios Local (LPE) por medio de una RPC.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-03-23 CVE Reserved
2020-04-01 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0	2021-07-21
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0	2021-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Avast Search vendor "Avast"	Antivirus Search vendor "Avast" for product "Antivirus"	< 20.0 Search vendor "Avast" for product "Antivirus" and version " < 20.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe