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 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	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.	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.

07 Dec 2022, 15:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-269
First Time		Avast avg Antivirus Avast Avast avast
References	~~(MISC) https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html -~~	(MISC) https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus::::::::

06 Dec 2022, 00:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-12-06 00:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:48

NVD link : CVE-2022-4173

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4173

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4173

JSON object : View

Products Affected

avast

avg_antivirus
avast

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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