CVE-2022-4294 (GCVE-0-2022-4294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 09:14 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:54
VLAI
Title
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows Privilege Escalation
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.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
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