CVE-2020-12254 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2020-04-26

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-4568	Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00395.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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-Windows

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00062}`	epss `{'score': 0.00121}`

Subscriptions

Avira Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-26T14:52:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:48:58.546Z

Reserved: 2020-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-12254

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-26T15:15:11.097

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:51:31.043

Link: CVE-2020-12254

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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