# Avast sandbox privilege escalation via unpreserved DACLs on virtualized files in aswSnx.sys

CVE record · `CVE-2026-82964`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-82964`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** GEN
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-281](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/281.html) · [CWE-653](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/653.html) · [CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)
- **Tags:** [Broken access control](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/access-control.md) · [CWE-281](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-281.md) · [CWE-653](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-653.md)
- **Technologies:** [Gen Digital Avast Free Antivirus, Avast One, Avast Premium Security, Avast Ultimate, Avast Business Security](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/gen-digital-avast-free-antivirus-avast-one-avast-premium-security-avast-ultimate.md) · [Gen Digital AVG Antivirus Free, AVG Internet Security, AVG Ultimate](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/gen-digital-avg-antivirus-free-avg-internet-security-avg-ultimate.md) · [Gen Digital Norton Antivirus Plus, Norton 360 Standard, Norton 360 Deluxe, Norton 360 Advanced](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/gen-digital-norton-antivirus-plus-norton-360-standard-norton-360-deluxe-norton-3.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: GEN) at 16 Sept 2026, 14:01 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Gen Digital. Product: Avast Free Antivirus, Avast One, Avast Premium Security, Avast Ultimate, Avast Business Security.
  - affected: `before 26.8` (custom)
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: Gen Digital. Product: AVG Antivirus Free, AVG Internet Security, AVG Ultimate.
  - affected: `before 26.8` (custom)
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: Gen Digital. Product: Norton Antivirus Plus, Norton 360 Standard, Norton 360 Deluxe, Norton 360 Advanced.
  - affected: `before 26.8` (custom)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GEN)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 4th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-82964](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82964)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-82964](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82964)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/> (vendor-advisory)
- <https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/Update-Antivirus> (patch)
- <https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=Update-AVG-Antivirus> (patch)
- <https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v20240108175512167> (patch)
- <https://x.com/msnightmare2000/status/2094106041046765752>
- <https://github.com/MSNightmare/PrettyPrague> (exploit)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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