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CVE-2022-31466

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CVE-2022-31466

Published: May 23, 2022

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.9

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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