VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-17449
Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack.
MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- avira/software updater
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449
- https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-UpdaterRelease Notes
- https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449
- https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-UpdaterRelease Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.