CVE-2022-38611 describes an incorrect access control vulnerability in Watchdog Anti-Virus v1.4.158, allowing attackers to perform DLL hijacking. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to execute arbitrary code, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.158CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:watchdog:anti-virus:1.4.158:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.