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 compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avira:avira_security::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:norton:power_eraser::::::windows::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	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.	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.

Information

Published : 2023-01-10 10:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:51

NVD link : CVE-2022-4294

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4294

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4294

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Products Affected

avg

antivirus

avira

avira_security

microsoft

windows

norton

power_eraser

avast

antivirus

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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