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High · 7.3 Public exploit CVE-2022-3368 EUVD-2022-42748GHSA-9pgf-v4c5-vh54

Software Updater of Avira Security for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

Published Oct 17, 2022 · Updated May 10, 2025 · Assigned by NLOK

Description

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Nortonlifelock "Avira Security" – for Windows all – < 1.1.71.30554 1.1.71.30554

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 2 repositories

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