CVE-2022-31466 (GCVE-0-2022-31466)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-23 18:19 – Updated: 2024-08-03 07:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
TOCTOU Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security
Summary
Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading to deletion of system files. This is achieved through exploiting the time between detecting a file as malicious and when the action of quarantining or cleaning is performed, and using the time to replace the malicious file by a symlink.
Severity
7.9 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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