CVE-2024-9524

HIGH Year: 2024
CVSS v3 Score
7.8
High
Weakness Type
CWE-59
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Vulnerability Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in System Speedup Service in Avira Operations GmbH Avira Prime Version 1.1.96.2 on Windows 10 x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

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