Vulnerabilites related to NortonLifelock (GenDigital) - Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine
CVE-2022-4294 (GCVE-0-2022-4294)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-10 09:14
Modified
2025-04-08 14:54
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
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.
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