Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-28965

Medium

Published: 20 May 2022

Published
20 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0044 63.8th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-28965 is a medium-severity Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in Avast Premium Security. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Multiple DLL hijacking vulnerabilities via the components instup.exe and wsc_proxy.exe in Avast Premium Security before v21.11.2500 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted DLL file.

CWE(s)
CWE-427

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

avast
premium security
≤ 21.11.2500

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References