CVE-2022-31466 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2022-31466 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 23/05/2022 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2022
Source: mitre | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2022-31466 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.9 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).