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CVE-2024-7237VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2024-7237: AVG AntiVirus Free · Link Following

Affects AVG AntiVirus FreeSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
AVG AntiVirus FreeAffected
  • =23.12.8700.813
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-7237, organizations should first verify if they are running the affected AVG AntiVirus Free version 23.12.8700.813. 2) Employ application whitelisting and endpoint detection to monitor and block suspicious symbolic link creation or deletion activities related to the AVG service. 3) Use Windows security features such as Controlled Folder Access and enhanced auditing to detect and prevent unauthorized file system changes. 4) Isolate critical systems and limit local administrative access to reduce the attack surface. 5) Monitor vendor communications closely for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once released. 6) Consider temporarily disabling or uninstalling AVG AntiVirus Free on systems where local privilege escalation risk is unacceptable until a fix is available. 7) Educate users about the risks of running untrusted code locally, as initial low-privileged code execution is a prerequisite for exploitation.

Description

AVG AntiVirus Free AVGSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of AVG AntiVirus Free. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the AVG Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22960.

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