PT-2020-13075 · Avira · Avira Antivir

Published 2020-04-26 · Updated 2020-10-06 · CVE-2020-12254

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avira Antivirus versions prior to 5.0.2003.1821

Description The issue allows for privilege escalation or a denial of service through the abuse of a symlink.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.2003.1821, update to version 5.0.2003.1821 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-12254

Affected Products

Avira Antivir

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12254 · Security Note
• http://web.archive.org/web/20200429193852/https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3217 · Telegram Post