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CVE-2022-3368: Software Updater of Avira Security for Windows vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

A vulnerability within the Software Updater functionality of Avira Security for Windows allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avira Security version 1.1.72.30556.

Affected products

• Nortonlifelock "Avira Security" – for Windows: through 1.1.71.30554

References

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

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