CVE-2022-4173 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00374.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Avast	Avast Avg Antivirus

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avast:avg_antivirus::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51534	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00341}`	epss `{'score': 0.0028}`

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLOK

Published: 2022-12-05T23:15:33.724Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T17:57:04.339Z

Reserved: 2022-11-29T00:57:05.463Z

Link: CVE-2022-4173

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.315Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-06T00:15:10.303

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:34:43.013

Link: CVE-2022-4173

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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