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CVE-2023-1586 (GCVE-0-2023-1586)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-19 18:35 – Updated: 2025-02-05 16:16
VLAI
Summary
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process leading to arbitrary file creation. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 16:15 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Avast Avast Antivirus Affected: 22.5 , ≤ 22.10 (22.11)
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AVG AVG Antivirus Affected: 22.5 , ≤ 22.10 (22.11)
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Date Public
2023-04-20 19:00
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