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CVE-2022-4173

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

A vulnerability within the malware removal functionality of Avast and AVG Antivirus allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.10.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Avast ≫ Avast Version >= 20.5 <= 22.9
Avast ≫ Avg Antivirus Version >= 20.5 <= 22.9
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.2% 0.411
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 8.8 2.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
security@nortonlifelock.com 7.3 1.3 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.