CVE-ID

CVE-2022-4173

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Description
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.
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Assigning CNA
NortonLifeLock Inc
Date Record Created
20221129 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20221129)
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Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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