CVE-2020-10862

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service AvastSvc.exe allows attackers to achieve Local Privilege Escalation LPE via RPC...

CVE-2020-10862

Summary (CVE-2020-10862) Avast Antivirus prior to version 20 contains a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) flaw. The issue lies in the aswTask RPC endpoint used by the TaskEx library within AvastSvc.exe, which attackers can abuse via RPC to gain higher privileges on the affected host. The available...