CVE-2021-45337

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated…

published December 27, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalware (AM-PPL) protection.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00447 · 37.9th percentile
Published
2021-12-27T12:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 DEC 12:44Z
    Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated…
    cvelistv5