High severity · published Jan 10, 2023
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Antivirus · Avast
before 22.10 · source: NVD
AS
Avira Security · Avira
before 1.1.78 · source: NVD
PE
Power Eraser · Norton
before 119.1.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4294
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4294
Vendor Advisory
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
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