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🛡️ CVE-2022-27167 — endpoint-antivirus

🟠 CVSS 7.1 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-280 NVD
7.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows products of ESET, spol. s r.o. allows attacker to exploit "Repair" and "Uninstall" features what may lead to arbitrary file deletion. This issue affects: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Internet Security 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Smart Security Premium 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus 6.0 versions prior to 9.0.2046.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security 6.0 versions prior to 9.0.2046.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server 8.0 versions prior to 9.0.12012.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server 8.0.12013.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.10020.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.14011.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.15009.0.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-27167 is classified as CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state.

Affected software

CVE-2022-27167 is recorded against 9 packages.

  • endpoint-antivirus (from 9.0 up to 9.0.2046.0)
  • endpoint-security (from 9.0 up to 9.0.2046.0)
  • file-security (from 6.0 up to 8.0.12013.0)
  • internet-security (from 11.2 up to 15.1.12.0)
  • mail-security (from 6.0 up to 8.0.14011.0)
  • nod32-antivirus (from 11.2 up to 15.1.12.0)
  • security (from 6.0 up to 8.0.15009.0)
  • server-security (from 8.0 up to 9.0.12012.0)
  • smart-security (from 11.2 up to 15.1.12.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 May 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.eset.com
support.eset.com

Other advisories for this package

endpoint-antivirus has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-280
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
endpoint-antivirus 9.0 9.0.2046.0
endpoint-security 9.0 9.0.2046.0
file-security 6.0 8.0.12013.0
internet-security 11.2 15.1.12.0
mail-security 6.0 8.0.14011.0
nod32-antivirus 11.2 15.1.12.0
security 6.0 8.0.15009.0
server-security 8.0 9.0.12012.0
smart-security 11.2 15.1.12.0

References

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