CVE-2022-31466

HIGH

Quick Heal Total Security <12.1.1.27 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.9
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-367 CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
quickheal/total_security < 12.1.1.27
Published May 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026