CVE-2024-7228

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.31% (23rd) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Avast Free Antivirus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Avast Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22806.

cvss

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

6.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 4.2

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Avast Antivirusall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avast:avast_antivirus_free:-
Avast Free Antivirus≤ 23.11.6090 Build 23.11.8365.809enisa_euvdEU
avast free antivirus= 23.11.6090nvdUScpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-1727Avast Antivirus: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Privilegieneskalation und Denial of ServiceDeutsch2024-07-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Avast Antivirus ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-11-22modified 2026-06-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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