CVE-2019-11230

Published Jul 18, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink. The next time the product attempts to write to the log file, the target of the symlink is renamed. This defect can be exploited to rename a critical product file (e.g., AvastSvc.exe), causing the product to fail to start on the next system restart.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-2929 In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink. The next time the product attempts to write to the log file, the target of the symlink is renamed. This defect can be exploited to rename a critical product file (e.g., AvastSvc.exe), causing the product to fail to start on the next system restart.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:48 PM
Reserved
Apr 14, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 18, 2019, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:12 AM