Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

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.

  • Published: Dec 6, 2022
  • Updated: Nov 8, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2022-4173
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
avast / avast 20.5 22.9.x
avast / avg_antivirus 20.5 22.9.x