CVE-2023-5760

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) bug in handling of IOCTL (input/output control) requests. This TOCTOU bug leads to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can be further exploited, allowing an attacker to gain full local privilege escalation on the system.This issue affects Avast/Avg Antivirus: 23.8.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:23.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Nov 2023, 16:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-367
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:23.8:::::::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.0
References	~~() https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html -~~	() https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html - Third Party Advisory
First Time		Avast Avast avg Antivirus

08 Nov 2023, 17:25

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-11-08 17:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:26

NVD link : CVE-2023-5760

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5760

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5760

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Products Affected

avast

avg_antivirus

CWE

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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