CVE-2022-4429 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Avira	Avira Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:avira:avira_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLOK

Published: 2023-01-10T09:28:41.375Z

Updated: 2025-04-08T14:51:04.236Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T17:47:07.937Z

Link: CVE-2022-4429

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.621Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-10T10:15:13.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:35:14.793

Link: CVE-2022-4429

Redhat

No data.

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