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CVE-2022-4294

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CVE-2022-4294

Published: Jan 10, 2023

Modified: Apr 8, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

NortonLifelock (GenDigital)

Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine

affected
prior to 119.1.5.1

NortonLifelock (GenDigital)

Avira Security

affected
prior to 1.1.78

NortonLifelock (GenDigital)

Avast Antivirus

affected
Prior to 22.10

NortonLifelock (GenDigital)

AVG Antivirus

affected
Prior to 22.10

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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