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.
References
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https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Information
Published : 2022-12-05 16:15
Updated : 2022-12-07 07:41
NVD link : CVE-2022-4173
Mitre link : CVE-2022-4173
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Products Affected
avast
- avg_antivirus
- avast