{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4294 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-4294 is a high-severity vulnerability in NortonLifelock (GenDigital) AVG Antivirus, published on 10 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4294 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-4294 is a high-severity vulnerability in NortonLifelock (GenDigital) AVG Antivirus, published on 10 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4294 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: NortonLifelock (GenDigital) AVG Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4294/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-4294","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4294/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-4294","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-69fr-p5cc-p429"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows Antivirus","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can exploit a vulnerability in Norton, Avira, Avast, and AVG antivirus software to gain elevated access to protected system resources.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"NLOK","cpe":[{"product":"antivirus","vendor":"avast"},{"product":"antivirus","vendor":"avg"},{"product":"avira_security","vendor":"avira"},{"product":"power_eraser","vendor":"norton"}],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2022-4294","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Show All Comments \u003c 7.0.1 - Reflected XSS","id":"CVE-2022-4295"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in vim/vim","id":"CVE-2022-4293"},"products":["AVG Antivirus","Avast Antivirus","Avira Security ","Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine"],"published":"2023-01-10","related":[{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Race condition in (Free/Inernet Security/Ultimate) Antivirus","id":"CVE-2025-13032","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-11-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-10867","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-01"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-8307","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-04-27"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Integer Overflow in Avast Antiviurs 25.1.981.6 on Windows may result in privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2025-3500","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-45335","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Sandbox component of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local sandboxed code to gain elevated","id":"CVE-2021-45336","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-45337","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-08","vendors":["NortonLifelock (GenDigital)"]},"summary":"Attackers can exploit a vulnerability in Norton, Avira, Avast, and AVG antivirus software to gain elevated access to protected system resources.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4294/"}