CVE-2024-5803

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEEU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.11% (1st) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
5 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The AVGUI.exe of AVG/Avast Antivirus before versions before 24.1 can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an COM hijack in a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) when self protection is disabled.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@nortonlifelock.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 6
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-367US
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affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2024-3068Avast Antivirus: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-10-03csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Avast Antivirus und AVG Anti-Virus ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-10-03modified 2026-06-17
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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