Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows Privilege Escalation
Published Jan 10, 2023
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.19%
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.
Affected products
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- Version Prior to 22.10StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version Prior to 22.10StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version prior to 1.1.78StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- Vendor NortonLifelock (GenDigital) Product Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine Defaultunaffected
- Version prior to 119.1.5.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| NortonLifelock (GenDigital) | AVG Antivirus | unaffected |
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| NortonLifelock (GenDigital) | Avast Antivirus | unaffected |
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| NortonLifelock (GenDigital) | Avira Security | unaffected |
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| NortonLifelock (GenDigital) | Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine | unaffected |
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Configuration 1
- < 1.1.78
- < 119.1.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Apr 8, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2023–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.19% (0.00190) | 7.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.19% (0.00190) | 8.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 17.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 14.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 8.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 6.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 10, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (1)
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html | Vendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.