Vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security
CVE-2022-31467
A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the installed for Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, leading to execution of arbitrary code, via the installer not restricting the search path for required DLLs and then not verifying the signature of the DLLs it tries to load.
EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Quickheal Total_security
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-31467?
- CVE-2022-31467 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2022-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2022-31467?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.