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TI-2020-08747 Aliases CVE-2020-10861GHSA-f539-gp43-69fv

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.

Priority LOW 36Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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 Arbitrary File Deletion from Avast Program Path via RPC, when Self Defense is Enabled.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0169 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 20.0VulnerableAvast
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 20.0 Vulnerable ·Avast
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10861
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f539-gp43-69fv

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2020-08753 An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05872 In Avast Antivirus before v17, using the LPC interface API exposed by the AvastSVC.exe… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-03074 Integer Overflow in Avast Antiviurs 25.1.981.6 on Windows may result in privilege escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-11929 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Avast Antivirus CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2021-20488 Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-20487 Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Sandbox component of Avast Antivirus prior to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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