Avast Premium Security Sandbox Protection Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Premium Security. 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 implementation of the sandbox feature. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary namespace objects. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
. Was ZDI-CAN-20383.
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References
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| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1475/ |
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History
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:avast:premium_security:22.12.6044:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Avast Premium Security Sandbox Protection Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Premium Security. 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 implementation of the sandbox feature. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary namespace objects. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-20383. | Avast Premium Security Sandbox Protection Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Premium Security. 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 implementation of the sandbox feature. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary namespace objects. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-20383. |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2024-05-03T02:13:31.242Z
Updated: 2024-09-20T19:07:41.026Z
Reserved: 2023-09-06T21:14:24.437Z
Link: CVE-2023-42125
Updated: 2024-08-02T19:16:50.537Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-03T03:15:51.797
Modified: 2025-08-13T12:12:48.143
Link: CVE-2023-42125
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