CYBERSECURITYTRACKER
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-26523

Anti Rootkit Avast: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

What it is

Reported

The socket connection handler in aswArPot.sys in the Avast and AVG Windows Anti Rootkit driver before 22.1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS crash) due to a double fetch vulnerability at aswArPot+0xbb94.

Source reported · Source: NVD · Complete source description.
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What is affected

Reported

Anti Rootkit; Avast. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.

Source reported · Source: NVD
Dates
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Urgency and basis

Tracker computed

Act now

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Tracker decision tier from the evidence detailed below
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Exploitation evidence

Reported

listed by a tracked exploitation catalog · VulnCheck KEV

Source reported
Dates
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What to do

Reported

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Source reported · Tracked source remediation field
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Detection and validation

Mapped metadata availability only. These signals do not change priority.

Sigma, Atomic, Nuclei, and Metasploit: none mapped by tracked sources.

  • Sigma

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

  • Atomic

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

  • Nuclei

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

  • Metasploit

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

Evidence detail

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