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CVE-2022-4173
A vulnerability within the malware removal functionality of Avast and AVG Antivirus allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his pr…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Avast | Avast | from 20.5 through 22.9 |
| Avast | Avg Antivirus | from 20.5 through 22.9 |