# CVE-2021-45339: Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted p

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0
- https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0

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