CVE-2022-4173: high-severity vulnerability in NortonLifeLock Avast and AVG Antivirus
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 0.7%
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
NortonLifeLock · Avast and AVG Antivirus