CVE-2022-4294

moderate-risk
Published 2023-01-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% 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
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CVSS 7.1/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Avira Security
Power Eraser
Antivirus

Affected Vendors

Avira Avg Avast Norton

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
Vendor Advisory https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low