CVE-2022-38611

HIGH 7.8CVE-2022-38611 · Published 16/09/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-38611 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting anti-virus (watchdog).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 40.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
anti-virus watchdog	`= 1.4.158`	No fix yet

Description

Incorrect access control in Watchdog Anti-Virus v1.4.158 allows attackers to perform a DLL hijacking attack and execute arbitrary code via a crafted binary.

References

gist.github.com/dru1d-foofus/835423de77c3522d53b9e7bdf5a28dfe · Exploit

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