High severity · published Apr 26, 2020
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
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
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
AN
Antivirus · Avira
before 5.0.2003.1821 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12254
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12254
web.archive.org
http://web.archive.org/web/20200429193852/https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows
Vendor Advisory
https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows
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