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CVE-2020-12254

HIGH

7.8

Description

Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/26/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

avira:antivirus

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20200429193852/https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows(cve@mitre.org)

https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows(cve@mitre.org)

http://web.archive.org/web/20200429193852/https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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