CVE-2020-10865

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-10865?

Upgrade antivirus to 20.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-10865 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-10865 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-10865?

CVE-2020-10865 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-10865 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for antivirus (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 74th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) allows attackers to make arbitrary changes to the Components section of the Stats.ini file via RPC from a Low Integrity process.

CWE-829

How to fix

Remediation Available

antivirusNVD

Affected:< 20.0Fixed in:20.0CVE-2020-10865derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2018-17246	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix
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CVE-2018-7422	High	7.5	62%	-	-
CVE-2023-2249	High	8.8	61%	-	-
CVE-2025-32463	Critical	9.3	56%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2026-0770	Critical	9.8	56%	KEV	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-10865?

Upgrade antivirus to 20.0 or later.

Is CVE-2020-10865 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-10865 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-10865?

CVE-2020-10865 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-10865 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for antivirus (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.