CVE-2022-4173

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - security@nortonlifelock.com

Published

2022-12-06

Last modified

2025-04-14

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• Avast (Avast)
• Avg Antivirus (Avast)
• Avast And Avg Antivirus (Nortonlifelock)

References

• https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html