CVE-2022-4429 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-4429

Avira Security for Windows - Denial of Service

Vulnerability Description

Avira Security for Windows contains an unquoted service path which allows attackers with local administrative privileges to cause a Denial of Service. The issue was fixed with Avira Security version 1.1.78

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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CVE-2022-4294
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows Privilege Escalation
High 7.1

Affected Vendor

NortonLifelock (GenDigital)

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Affected Software

Avira Security for Windows
Vulnerable Versions:
up to version 1.1.77

Timeline

Official Publish: January 10th, 2023
Last Modified: April 8th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1543 Create or Modify System Process
Persistence
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1569 System Services
Execution