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High · 7.8 CVE-2024-13944 EUVD-2024-54472GHSA-57f7-wfqr-87r7

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate (Also affects Avast CleanUp and AVG TuneUp)

Published May 9, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 2025 · Assigned by NLOK

Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate Version 24.2.16862.6344 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Norton Norton Utilities Ultimate ≤ 24.3.17165.6812 —
Avast CleanUp ≤ 24.3.17165.19178 —
AVG TuneUp ≤ 24.3.17165.10564 —

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