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TI-2022-13393 Aliases CVE-2022-31467GHSA-jhv9-9wc2-f5gg

DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security

Priority LOW 34CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00298 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 12.1.1.27VulnerableQuickheal
  • cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 12.1.1.27 Vulnerable ·Quickheal

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31467
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jhv9-9wc2-f5gg

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-42948 A vulnerability exists in Quick Heal Total Security 23.0.0 in the quarantine management… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2017-03127 Stack-based buffer overflow in Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316 and earlier, Total… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06285 Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06287 Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06286 Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-06825 The webssx.sys driver in QuickHeal 16.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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