Description
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11 and virus definitions from 14 February 2023 or later.
Published: 2023-04-19
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-23817 Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine process, leading to arbitrary file/directory deletion. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11 and virus definitions from 14 February 2023 or later.
History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLOK

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-05T14:44:52.972Z

Reserved: 2023-03-22T22:17:48.081Z

Link: CVE-2023-1585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:57:23.319Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-19T19:15:06.630

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:39:29.617

Link: CVE-2023-1585

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Weaknesses