CVE-2023-1586

MEDIUM

Avast <22.11 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process leading to arbitrary file creation. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (2)
avast/antivirus 22.5 - 22.11
avg/anti-virus 22.5 - 22.11
Published Apr 19, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026