CVE-2022-4294 — Improper Privilege Management in Antivirus

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.1
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Avast AntivirusAVG AntivirusAvira Security+5 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 10

Description

Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶CVEListV5nortonlifelock/avast_antivirusPrior to 22.10
▶NVDavast/antivirus< 22.10
▶CVEListV5nortonlifelock/avg_antivirusPrior to 22.10
▶CVEListV5nortonlifelock/avira_securityprior to 1.1.78

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-69fr-p5cc-p429: Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an att↗2023-01-10
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CVEList
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows Privilege Escalation↗2023-01-10
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CVE-2022-4294 — Improper Privilege Management in Avast | cvebase