Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalware (AM-PPL) protection.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-32110 | Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalware (AM-PPL) protection. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T04:39:20.371Z
Reserved: 2021-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-45337
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-12-27T14:15:07.993
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:32:06.460
Link: CVE-2021-45337
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD