#VU26541 Input validation error in Avast Antivirus - CVE-2020-10863

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#VU26541 Input validation error in Avast Antivirus - CVE-2020-10863

Published: April 2, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26541
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10863
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Avast Antivirus
Software vendor:
Avast Software s.r.o.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe). A remote attacker can trigger a shutdown via RPC from a Low Integrity process via TempShutDownMachine.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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