Taiwan CERT warns of two local privilege escalation flaws in AVACAST for Windows (CVE-2026-7279, CVE-2026-7280)
TWCERT/CC published a Taiwan Vulnerability Note (TVN-202604011) detailing two vulnerabilities affecting Herlin Digital Technology’s AVACAST for Windows versions 5.10.10.43 and earlier. The issues—DLL hijacking (CVE-2026-7279, CVSS 7.8 High) and an unquoted service path (CVE-2026-7280, CVSS 6.7 Medium)—could allow authenticated local attackers (and in the second case, a local admin) to execute code with SYSTEM privileges. TWCERT/CC recommends updating to AVACAST 5.10.10.45 or later. Read more