PT-2021-7004 · Avg · Avg Antivirus Free+2

Published 2021-12-20 · Updated 2026-05-10 · CVE-2022-26523

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AVG Anti-Virus Free (affected versions not specified) AVG Internet Security (affected versions not specified) AVG Anti-Virus (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the aswArPot.sys driver of AVG Anti-Virus Free, AVG Internet Security, and AVG Anti-Virus, which could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02922

CVE-2022-26523

Affected Products

Avg Anti-Virus

Avg Antivirus Free

Avg Internet Security

References · 12

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02922 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26523 · Security Note
• https://anti-malware.ru/news/2022-05-05-111332/38644 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/162668 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/5463 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2053559151834349624 · Twitter Post
• https://habr.com/ru/news/t/664974 · Note
• https://avast.com/bug-bounty · Note
• https://sentinelone.com/labs/vulnerabilities-in-avast-and-avg-put-millions-at-risk · Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/2922 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022050523 · Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/6467 · Telegram Post