Overview
- 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.
- Source
- security@nortonlifelock.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "4C07A2CF-FBEC-42E5-AC35-693730D025C2",
"versionEndIncluding": "22.9",
"versionStartIncluding": "20.5"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "36663122-612D-49E6-9AA4-7E618D014C64",
"versionEndIncluding": "22.9",
"versionStartIncluding": "20.5"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]