CVE-2020-10868

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 launch the Repair App RPC call from a Low Integrity process.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0

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

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