Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 29, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-13657

Description

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.

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Affected products

Avast\!/Avg Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:*:*:*:*:free:*:*:*
Range: <20.4
Avast\!/Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <20.4
Avast/Free Antivirusdescription
Avast\!/Avast Free Antivirusllm-create
Range: <20.4
AVG Technologies/Antivirusllm-fuzzy
Range: <20.4

Patches

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References

forum.avast.com/index.phpnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
forum.avast.com/index.phpnvdVendor Advisory

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