CVE-2020-12254

high

Description

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

References

https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00062