CVE-2019-11230
lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink. The next time the product attempts to write to the log file, the target of the symlink is renamed. This defect can be exploited to rename a critical product file (e.g., AvastSvc.exe), causing the product to fail to start on the next system restart.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.6–4.4
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affected products (2)
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references (11)
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- http://www.avast.comcnnvd
- http://www.mcerlane.co.uk/CVE-2019-11230/cnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/43830cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11230cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Avast-Antivirus-denial-of-service-via-Log-File-Link-29831cnnvd
- https://www.avast.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109344cnnvd
- http://www.mcerlane.co.uk/CVE-2019-11230/enisa_euvd
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