CVE-2024-13959

HIGH

AVG TuneUp <24.2.16593.9844 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory

References (1)

[Various Sources] https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

AVG/TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844

AVG/TuneUp 24.3.17165.10564

Published May 09, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026