FKIE_CVE-2022-3368

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-10-17 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:59
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability within the Software Updater functionality of Avira Security for Windows allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avira Security version 1.1.72.30556.
References
security@nortonlifelock.comhttps://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
avira avira_security *
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