CVE-2022-3368

Software Updater of Avira Security for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

A vulnerability within the Software Updater functionality of Avira Security for Windows allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avira Security version 1.1.72.30556.

Affected

Nortonlifelock · "Avira Security" – for Windows

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 NORTONLIFELOCK

7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 64th percentile

Published

2022-10-17

Updated

2025-05-10

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• Wh04m1001/CVE-2022-336829★ · 2022-10-18

Security advisories

• https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-36934
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