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2 vulnerabilities found for AVG Antivirus by NortonLifelock (GenDigital)
CVE-2022-4294 (GCVE-0-2022-4294)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 09:14 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:54
VLAI?
Summary
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||||||||||||
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| NortonLifelock (GenDigital) | Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine |
Affected:
prior to 119.1.5.1
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CVE-2022-4294 (GCVE-0-2022-4294)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-01-10 09:14 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:54
VLAI?
Summary
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
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