Description
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory
Published: 2025-05-09
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

An upgrade was released on 11.12.2024 in version AVG TuneUp 24.3.17165.10564, upgrade to this or later version.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-54470 Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0002}

epss

{'score': 0.00023}


Fri, 09 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 09 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory
Title Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

No data.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLOK

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-09T19:02:14.584Z

Reserved: 2025-05-09T14:11:28.564Z

Link: CVE-2024-13959

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-09T19:02:05.276Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-05-09T16:15:23.360

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-13959

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses