CVE-2022-31466
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2022-31466 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-05-23 19:16:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-08-08 14:22:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-59 | CWE-367
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Quickheal | Total Security | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Privilege escalation vulnerability fixed in Quick Heal Total Security – Software Security | MISC | softwaresec001.wordpress.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
LEGACY: Sandeep Kumar Singh
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.