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CVE-2022-31467

DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 23, 2022 at 06:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTotal Security

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Total Security· Quickheal
95%
v < 12.1.1.27
Affected range stops below 12.1.1.27, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://softwaresec001.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/dll-hijack-vulnerability-fixed-in-quick-heal-total-security/

CVSS

7.3HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-427

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