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    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 5, 2022
    Last Modified:Apr 14, 2025
    EPS:Dec 5, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.0035
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Avast
    Product
    Avast
    Vendor
    Avast
    Product
    Avg Antivirus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High