CVE-2024-13962

HIGH

Avast Cleanup Premium <24.2.16593.17810 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

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)

Avast/CleanUp Premium 24.2.16593.17810

Avast/CleanUp Premium 24.3.17165.19178

Published May 09, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026