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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.3 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NLOKCNA
7.3 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 54%
VendorProductVersion
avastavast
20.5 ≤
𝑥
≤ 22.9
avastavg_antivirus
20.5 ≤
𝑥
≤ 22.9
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html