VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-12254
Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- avira/antivirus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20200429193852/https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows
- https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-WindowsVendor Advisory
- http://web.archive.org/web/20200429193852/https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows
- https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-WindowsVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.