CVE-2019-17190

A Local Privilege Escalation issue was discovered in Avast Secure Browser 76.0.1659.101. The vulnerability is due to an insecure ACL set by the AvastBrowserUpdate.exe (which is running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) when AvastSecureBrowser.exe checks for new updates. When the update check is triggered, the elevated process cleans the ACL of the Update.ini file in %PROGRAMDATA%\Avast Software\Browser\Update\ and sets all privileges to group Everyone. Because any low-privileged user can create, delete, or modify the Update.ini file stored in this location, an attacker with low privileges can create a hard link named Update.ini in this folder, and make it point to a file writable by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Once AvastBrowserUpdate.exe is triggered by the update check functionality, the DACL is set to a misconfigured value on the crafted Update.ini and, consequently, to the target file that was previously not writable by the low-privileged attacker.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:avast:secure_browser:76.0.1659.101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:31

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156844/Avast-Secure-Browser-76.0.1659.101-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156844/Avast-Secure-Browser-76.0.1659.101-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/25 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/25 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.avast.com/bug-bounty-credits/en/a-tribute-to-our-security-research-community - Vendor Advisory () https://www.avast.com/bug-bounty-credits/en/a-tribute-to-our-security-research-community - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-01-27 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:31


NVD link : CVE-2019-17190

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17190

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-17190


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Products Affected

avast

  • secure_browser
CWE
CWE-863

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