CVE-2022-4173

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.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html	Third Party Advisory
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus::::::::

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-12-06 00:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:34

NVD link : CVE-2022-4173

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4173

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4173

JSON object : View

Products Affected

avast

avast
avg_antivirus

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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