CVE-2022-4173

moderate-risk
Published 2022-12-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.27% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.3/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Avg Antivirus

Affected Vendors

Avast

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
Third Party Advisory https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low