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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.

Published

2022-12-06T00:15:10.303

Last Modified

2024-11-21T07:34:43.013

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.3 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-269
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-269
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application avast avast ≤ 22.9 Yes
Application avast avg_antivirus ≤ 22.9 Yes
References