AVACAST developed by eMPIA Technology has a Unquoted Service Path vulnerability, allowing privileged local attackers to place a malicious executable file in a specific directory, resulting in arbitrary code execution with system privileges when the AVACAST service starts.

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Solution

Update to version 5.10.10.45 or later.


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History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Empia Technology
Empia Technology avacast
Vendors & Products Empia Technology
Empia Technology avacast

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Description AVACAST developed by eMPIA Technology has a Unquoted Service Path vulnerability, allowing privileged local attackers to place a malicious executable file in a specific directory, resulting in arbitrary code execution with system privileges when the AVACAST service starts.
Title eMPIA Technology|AVACAST - Unquoted Service Path
Weaknesses CWE-428
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: twcert

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T12:12:53.229Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T06:55:28.885Z

Link: CVE-2026-7280

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T12:12:49.509Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-04-28T10:16:04.263

Modified: 2026-04-28T20:22:38.260

Link: CVE-2026-7280

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T10:10:55Z

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