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CVE-2024-13959

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 9, 2025 at 03:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTuneUp

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TuneupSvc.exe in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844 on Windows allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via creating a symbolic link and leveraging the service to delete a directory

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

TuneUp· Avg
60%
24.2.16593.9844
Vendor states this is fixed in 24.3.17165.10564 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]
https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHNLOK
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-59

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