CVE-2022-31467 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Quick Heal Total Security versions prior to 12.1.1.27. A local attacker can exploit this flaw during installation to achieve privilege escalation and execute arbitrary code by supplying malicious DLLs that the installer fails to properly validate. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.1.1.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
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