Description
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
8.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (4)
avast/antivirus
< 22.10
avg/antivirus
< 22.10
avira/avira_security
< 1.1.78
norton/power_eraser
< 119.1.5.1
Published
Jan 10, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026