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CVE-2022-42045Active Exploitation(watchdog / anti-virus)

MEDIUMCVSS 6.7 · MEDIUM

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Prioritize remediation for watchdog anti-virus systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed
  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

Certain Zemana products are vulnerable to Arbitrary code injection. This affects Watchdog Anti-Malware 4.1.422 and Zemana AntiMalware 3.2.28.

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4.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-94

Priority

MEDIUM

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • anti-virus
  • antimalware

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
watchdogzemana
Products
anti-virusantimalware

2 versions affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-14: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-04-14: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-14: 104-14
Signal classification1 categories
Active Exploitation
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • CTIWatch@ctiwatchcloud
    Active Exploitation

    🚨 [HIGH] Active exploitation detected: CVE-2022-42045 Exploit in the wild confirmed for CVE-2022-42045 (CVSS null). Certain Zemana products are vulnerable to Arbitrary code injection. This affects Watchdo... 🔗 http://ctiwatch.cloud/alerts #ZeroDay #ExploitInWild #CyberSecurity

    Post summary

    The post reports confirmed in‑the‑wild exploitation of CVE-2022‑42045 against Zemana products, highlighting an arbitrary code injection flaw.

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CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appwatchdoganti-virus4.1.422--
Appzemanaantimalware3.2.28--

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