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CVE-2022-4173

HIGH CVSS: 7.3 Published: 2022-12-06 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Avast AvastAvast Avg Antivirus

Weakness Type

CWE-269, CWE-269

References