Antivirus vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Antivirus is made by Avast. We track 30 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 63 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Avast lists newer releases under their own names, such as Antivirus for Linux, so check those pages too.
We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Antivirus listed under other names? Yes.
Avast also lists Antivirus under more specific names, such as Antivirus for Linux and Antivirus Pro. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which Antivirus vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Antivirus's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Antivirus flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 2.2%CVE-2020-10867Critical
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 2.1%CVE-2020-10860High
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 2.1%CVE-2020-10863High
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 1.8%CVE-2017-8307Critical
In Avast Antivirus before v17, using the LPC interface API exposed by the AvastSVC.exe Windows service, it is possible to launch predefined binaries, or replace or delete arbitrary files.
- 1.7%CVE-2020-10861High
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 1.7%CVE-2020-10868High
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 1.7%CVE-2020-10865High
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 1.6%CVE-2020-10864Medium
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
- 1.5%CVE-2017-8308High
In Avast Antivirus before v17, an unprivileged user (and thus malware or a virus) can mark an arbitrary process as Trusted from the perspective of the Avast product.
- 1.2%CVE-2020-10866High
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20.
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1 new flaw affects software Acme tracks
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 bypass intended access restrictions on tasks from an untrusted process, when Self Defense is enabled.
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- Antivirus on Acme's software list
- What to do
- Plan in the vendor’s update
Sent to the alert recipients Acme chose. Also in the app and to Acme's webhook.
We track 30 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Antivirus, across 63 versions.
None of Antivirus's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Avast also lists Antivirus under more specific names, such as Antivirus for Linux and Antivirus Pro. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Antivirus. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.