CVE-2023-1586CWE-367

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process leading to arbitrary file…

Medium · published April 19, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process leading to arbitrary file creation. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00210 · 10.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Published
2023-04-19T18:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 APR 18:35Z
    Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process leading to arbitrary file…
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