CVE-2020-10865

HIGH

Avast Antivirus <20 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 make arbitrary changes to the Components section of the Stats.ini file via RPC from a Low Integrity process.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-829
Status published
Products (1)
avast/antivirus < 20.0
Published Apr 01, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026