CVE-2022-31467 json
DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security
published 2022-05-23 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-52931
- cvss
- 7.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- quickheal total_security 12.1.1.27
Exploit prediction
0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-31467
- NVD CVE-2022-31467
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