CVE-2021-45335
highpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.39% (33rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Sandbox component in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 has an insecure permission which could be abused by local user to control the outcome of scans, and therefore evade detection or delete arbitrary system files.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
8.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST3%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST4%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST5cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Avast-Antivirus-five-vulnerabilities-37136cnnvd
- https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0cnnvd
- https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST3%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST4%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST5enisa_euvd
- https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST3%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST4%20%26%20CVE-2021-AVST5ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0Vendor Advisorynvd
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