UNIX symbolic link following in AntiVirus Free - CVE-2024-7236
Published: August 19, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96094
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7236
CWE-ID: CWE-61
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue within the AVG Installer in icarus function. A local user can abuse the update functionality to create a file and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
AntiVirus Free
How to mitigate CVE-2024-7236
Install updates from vendor's website.
AntiVirus Free - update to 24.0