Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-4173

Title: Avast Avast Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-4173.

CWE Category CWE-269
Published Date Dec 06, 2022
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-4173: 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.

Impacted Vendors

G
grisoft 1
A
avg 1
A
avast 2

Reference Links

https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-4173 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.