CVE-2022-31467

DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security

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Published May 23, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.9 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-52931	Quick Heal Total Security before 12.1.1.27 allows DLL hijacking during installation.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.298% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/dll-hijack-vulnerability-fixed-in-quick-heal-total-security/

History

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Subscriptions

Quickheal Total Security

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 23, 2022, 6:19 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:19 AM
Reserved: May 23, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 23, 2022, 7:16 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:45 AM

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