CVE-2024-7228

Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system i...

CVE-2024-7228 Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system i...

CVE-2024-7228

CVE-2024-7228 affects Avast Free Antivirus. The flaw exists in the Avast Service where an attacker can abuse a symbolic link to create a folder, enabling a local, low-privilege code execution path that can drive a denial-of-service condition on vulnerable installations. Reports from ZDI describe ...