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TI-2024-12974 Aliases CVE-2024-13962GHSA-g29r-vm3j-h4pj

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810

Priority LOW 35CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

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

Summary

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc in Gen Digital Inc. Avast Cleanup Premium Version 24.2.16593.17810 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00224 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CleanUp Premium (Avast): 24.3.17165.19178

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AvastCleanUp Premium24.2.16593.1781024.3.17165.19178Patch availableCNA
  • CleanUp Premium VendorAvast Affected 24.2.16593.17810 Fixed in 24.3.17165.19178 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avast:cleanup_premium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Avast
  • cpe:2.3:a:avast:cleanup_premium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Avast

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA CleanUp Premium (Avast) Fixed in 24.3.17165.19178

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13962
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g29r-vm3j-h4pj

References

Other 1

  • TI-2025-43447 AVAST Antivirus 25.11 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2020-19172 AVAST SecureLine 5.5.522.0 - 'SecureLine' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2010-02987 Untrusted search path vulnerability in avast! Free Antivirus version 5.0.594 and earlier… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-02752 Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2020-14724 An issue was discovered in retdec v3.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-08753 An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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