Medium (5.5) in avast. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avast Free Antivirus and AVG AntiVirus Free before 20.4 due to improperly handling hard links. The vulnerability allows local users to take control of arbitrary files.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)