Security Advisory
CVE-2021-45337
8.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalware (AM-PPL) protection.
Published Date
December 27, 2021
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory