Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2019
CVE-2019-17449
Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack
6.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Software Updater · Avira
before 2.0.6.21094 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17449
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17449
safebreach.com
https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449
Release Notes
https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater
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