#VU62828 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Avast Antivirus and AVG Antivirus - CVE-2022-26522
Published: May 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62828
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26522
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Avast Antivirus
AVG Antivirus
Avast Antivirus
AVG Antivirus
Software vendor:
Avast Software s.r.o.
Avast Software s.r.o.
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the "Anti Rootkit" driver within the kernel driver "aswArPot.sys" in aswArPot+0xc4a3, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.