CVE-2022-31466 — TOCTOU Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security
Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading t…
Published: 2022-05-23 · CVSS: 7.9 · CVSS 3.1
Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading to deletion of system files. This is achieved through exploiting the time between detecting a file as malicious and when the action of quarantining or cleaning is performed, and using the time to replace the malicious file by a symlink.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7