Vulnerability in Comodo Antivirus
CVE-2022-34008
Comodo Antivirus 12.2.2.8012 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation. To escalate privilege, a low-privileged attacker can use an NTFS directory junction to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the System32 folder.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Comodo Antivirus — versions 12.2.2.8012
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- antivirus.comodo.com/ (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- r0h1rr1m.medium.com/comodo-antivirus-local-privilege-escalation-through-insecur… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-34008?
- CVE-2022-34008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Comodo Antivirus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-06-21.
- How severe is CVE-2022-34008?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-34008 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.