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CVE-2022-31467

DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security

Published: May 23, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-427
7.9HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:RS:CC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-427

Affected Products

quickheal
commercial·INaka quickheal total security, quick heal
total securityOn-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/dll-hijack-vulnerability-fixed-in-quick-heal-total-security/
softwaresec001.wordpress.com

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