CVE-2022-4173
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.3 High
- Published
- Dec 5, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 29, 2022
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.3 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NLOK |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Avast and AVG AntivirusNortonLifeLock |
|
References
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