CVE-2022-4294

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 v3.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

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	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avira:avira_security::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:norton:power_eraser::::::windows::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-01-10 02:15

Updated : 2023-01-13 16:41

NVD link : CVE-2022-4294

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4294

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

microsoft

windows

avg

antivirus

norton

power_eraser

avast

antivirus

avira

avira_security

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