CVE-2022-31466
Quick Heal Total Security TOCTOU Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading to deletion of system files. This is achieved through exploiting the time between detecting a file as malicious and when the action of quarantining or cleaning is performed, and using the time to replace the malicious file by a symlink.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2022, 7:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 8, 2023, 2:22 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.8
Exploitability Score :
1.5
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CVE-2022-31466.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-quick-heal-total-security/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-367 CWE-367 CWE-59 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-quick-heal-total-security/ No Types Assigned https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-quick-heal-total-security/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-367 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12.1.1.27 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Quick Heal Total Security before 12.1.1.27 has a TOCTOU race condition that leads to privilege escalation. It may follow a symlink that was created after a malware check. Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading to deletion of system files. This is achieved through exploiting the time between detecting a file as malicious and when the action of quarantining or cleaning is performed, and using the time to replace the malicious file by a symlink.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-31466 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-31466
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile