CVE-2022-4294

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.19% (9th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@nortonlifelock.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USCWE-269USCWE-269US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

NortonLifelock (GenDigital) AVG Antivirus≤ Prior to 22.10enisa_euvdEU
NortonLifelock (GenDigital) Avast Antivirus≤ Prior to 22.10enisa_euvdEU
NortonLifelock (GenDigital) Avira Security≤ prior to 1.1.78enisa_euvdEU
NortonLifelock (GenDigital) Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine≤ prior to 119.1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
AVG Technologies Inc. AVG AntiVirus≤ 22.10fstec_bduRU
Avast Software sro Avast Antivirus≤ 22.10fstec_bduRU
NortonLifeLock Avira Security≤ 1.1.78fstec_bduRU
avast antivirus< 22.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avg antivirus< 22.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avira avira security< 1.1.78nvdUScpe:2.3:a:avira:avira_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
norton power eraser< 119.1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:norton:power_eraser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2382Norton Antivirus-Produkte: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-12-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Avira Internet Security Suite, Avast Antivirus, AVG Anti-Virus und Norton Antivirus ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen und um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-10modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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