CVE-2024-6510

SYSTEM privilege escalation via COM hijacking

Published Sep 12, 2024 · Updated Sep 12, 2024

Privilege escalation in AVG Internet Security 24.0 and earlier allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges through COM hijacking. Hijacking COM interface {807C1E6C-1D00-453f-B920-B61BB7CDD997} injects a DLL into the frontend, whose trusted update command can install it after a time-of-check/time-of-use swap. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged local access and allowlist bypass through the Windows color-driver directory; successful execution runs attacker-controlled code as SYSTEM.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.12%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
Coverage for this vulnerability

See if you're affected

Explore vulnerability checks for your environment with Hinoki.

Book a demo

Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in AVG Internet Security 24.0 and earlier allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges through COM hijacking. Hijacking COM interface {807C1E6C-1D00-453f-B920-B61BB7CDD997} injects a DLL into the frontend, whose trusted update command can install it after a time-of-check/time-of-use swap. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged local access and allowlist bypass through the Windows color-driver directory; successful execution runs attacker-controlled code as SYSTEM.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-6510
Published
Sep 12, 2024
Updated
Sep 12, 2024
Vendor
AVG
Product
AVG Internet Security
Classifications
CWE-749, CWE-732, CWE-427, CAPEC-233, T1546.015
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 12, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

Present is not the same as exploitable

Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.

Is a vulnerable build present?

Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.

  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=24.0
  2. Affected versionversion=0 <24.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

AVG · AVG Internet Securityversion=0 <=24.0; version=0 <24.0

Published CVSS scores

7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8cirosec GmbHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.

Daily unique IPsNo honeypot observations are available for this CVE in the selected window.

No observations available

Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-749Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC-233Privilege Escalation
T1546.015Component Object Model Hijacking

Public exploit references

No public exploit references are available in this record.

Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.

Technologies

Your stack

See the directory against your own environment.

Your stack

Check the software in your environment

Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.

Book a demo