CVE-2020-10862

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p42

Published

Apr 1, 2020 (Apr 1, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) allows attackers to achieve Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) via RPC.

Vendors: avast
Products: antivirus
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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