High severity7.9NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-31467
CVE-2022-31467
Description
A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the installed for Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, leading to execution of arbitrary code, via the installer not restricting the search path for required DLLs and then not verifying the signature of the DLLs it tries to load.
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3cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <12.1.1.27
- (no CPE)range: <12.1.1.27
- Quick Heal/Total Securitydescription
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