High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-5760
CVE-2023-5760
Description
A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) bug in handling of IOCTL (input/output control) requests. This TOCTOU bug leads to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can be further exploited, allowing an attacker to gain full local privilege escalation on the system.This issue affects Avast/Avg Antivirus: 23.8.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:23.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:23.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 23.8
- Range: 23.8
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References
1- support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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