Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Free Antivirus - CVE-2021-34998
Published: November 30, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58456
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34998
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions within the use of named pipes, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Free Antivirus
How to mitigate CVE-2021-34998
Install updates from vendor's website.
Free Antivirus - update to 20.02.00