CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-4173

8.8 HIGH Published 2022-12-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-12-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• avast avast (>= 20.5 <= 22.9) • avast avg antivirus (>= 20.5 <= 22.9)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References