CVE-2022-4294

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Last Modified on: 01/14/2023 12:41:00 AM UTC

CVE-2022-4294

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

Certain versions of Antivirus from Avast contain the following vulnerability:

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.

CVE-2022-4294 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
Affected Vendor/Software: NortonLifelock (GenDigital) - Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine version = prior to 119.1.5.1
Affected Vendor/Software: NortonLifelock (GenDigital) - Avira Security version = prior to 1.1.78
Affected Vendor/Software: NortonLifelock (GenDigital) - Avast Antivirus version = Prior to 22.10
Affected Vendor/Software: NortonLifelock (GenDigital) - AVG Antivirus version = Prior to 22.10

CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
LOCAL	LOW	LOW	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Norton Security Advisories	support.norton.com text/html	MISC support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

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Exploit/POC from Github

Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which …

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Avast	Antivirus	All	All	All	All
Application	Avg	Antivirus	All	All	All	All
Application	Avira	Avira Security	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Microsoft	Windows	-	All	All	All
Application	Norton	Power Eraser	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:avira:avira_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:norton:power_eraser:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*:

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Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@CVEreport	CVE-2022-4294 : Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for #Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2023-01-10 10:04:44
/r/netcve	CVE-2022-4294	2023-01-10 11:38:47