Medium severity · published Jan 10, 2023
CVE-2022-4429
Avira Security for Windows contains an unquoted service path which allows attackers with local administrative privileges to cause a Denial of Service. The issue was fixed with…
4.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Avira Security for Windows contains an unquoted service path which allows attackers with local administrative privileges to cause a Denial of Service. The issue was fixed with Avira Security version 1.1.78
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Avira Security · Avira
before 1.1.78 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4429
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4429
Vendor Advisory
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
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