7.9
HIGH
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.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.8

Exploitability Score :

1.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-31466 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Quickheal total_security
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-quick-heal-total-security/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-31466 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-31466 vulnerability over time.

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.

  • 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.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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

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