CVE-2023-1585

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11 and virus definitions from 14 February 2023 or later.

CVSS v3 6.3 MEDIUM

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avg:anti-virus::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-04-19 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:13

NVD link : CVE-2023-1585

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1585

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1585

JSON object : View

Products Affected

avg

anti-virus

microsoft

windows

avast

antivirus

CWE

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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