RCE in Watchdog Anti-virus

CVE-2022-42045

Certain Zemana products are vulnerable to Arbitrary code injection. This affects Watchdog Anti-Malware 4.1.422 and Zemana AntiMalware 3.2.28.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Watchdog Anti-virus — versions 4.1.422
Zemana Antimalware — versions 3.2.28
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42045?: CVE-2022-42045 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Watchdog Anti-virus, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42045?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-42045 known to be exploited?: 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.