VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-31466
CVSS score7.9 HIGH
EPSS probability0.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory