High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-4294

Description

Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

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Affected products

Avast\!/Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <22.10
AVG Technologies/Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <22.10
Avira/Avira Security
cpe:2.3:a:avira:avira_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Range: <1.1.78
Norton/Power Eraser
cpe:2.3:a:norton:power_eraser:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Range: <119.1.5.1
Avira/Antivirus for Windowsllm-create
Norton/Norton Antivirus for Windowsllm-fuzzy
Avast\!/Antivirus for Windowsllm-fuzzy
AVG Technologies/Antivirus for Windowsllm-fuzzy
Alwil/Avast Antivirusv5
Range: Prior to 22.10

Patches

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References

support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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