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CVE-2021-45339
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-12-27T14:15:08.357 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:13:17.347

Summary

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.

Affected products

avast — antivirus

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References

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