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CVE-2024-13959: Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AVG TuneUp 24.2.16593.9844

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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 products

• AVG TuneUp: 24.2.16593.9844

References

• https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

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