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CVE-2022-4173 (GCVE-0-2022-4173)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-12-05 23:15 – Updated: 2025-04-14 17:57
VLAI?
Title
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NortonLifeLock Avast and AVG Antivirus Affected: 20.5 , ≤ 22.9 (custom)
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CVE-2016-3986 (GCVE-0-2016-3986)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2016-04-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:46
VLAI?
Summary
Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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CVE-2022-4173 (GCVE-0-2022-4173)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-05 23:15 – Updated: 2025-04-14 17:57
VLAI?
Title
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NortonLifeLock Avast and AVG Antivirus Affected: 20.5 , ≤ 22.9 (custom)
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CVE-2016-3986 (GCVE-0-2016-3986)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:46
VLAI?
Summary
Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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