CVE-2022-4294
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-10 09:14
Modified
2024-08-03 01:34
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows Privilege Escalation
References
security@nortonlifelock.comhttps://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
NortonLifelock (GenDigital)Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine
NortonLifelock (GenDigital)Avira Security
NortonLifelock (GenDigital)Avast Antivirus
NortonLifelock (GenDigital)AVG Antivirus
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