CVE-2020-12254

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 26, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-12254: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix