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CVE-2020-13657

Published: Jun 29, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13657
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free before 20.4 due to improperly handling hard links. The vulnerability allows local users to take control of arbitrary files.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Avg_antivirusAvast*20.4 (excluding)
Free_antivirusAvast*20.4 (excluding)

References

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