CVE-2022-31466

Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading to deletion of system files. This is achieved through exploiting the time between detecting a file as malicious and when the action of quarantining or cleaning is performed, and using the time to replace the malicious file by a symlink.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-quick-heal-total-security/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Aug 2023, 14:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-59

Information

Published : 2022-05-23 19:16

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:09

NVD link : CVE-2022-31466

Mitre link : CVE-2022-31466

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-31466

JSON object : View

Products Affected

quickheal

total_security

CWE

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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