CVE-2023-5760

HIGH EPSS 8.8%
Published Nov 8, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.0 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Nov 8, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) bug in handling of IOCTL (input/output control) requests. This TOCTOU bug leads to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can be further exploited, allowing an attacker to gain full local privilege escalation on the system.This issue affects Avast/Avg Antivirus: 23.8.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.0
Exploitability
1.0
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-367

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
avastavg_antivirus23.8any

References 1

  • support.norton.com https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.