CVE-2019-17449

MEDIUM 6.7CVE-2019-17449 · Published 10/10/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-17449 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.7) vulnerability affecting software updater (avira).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.40%, higher than 34.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.6.21094 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
software updater avira	`< 2.0.6.21094`	`2.0.6.21094`

Description

Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges

References

safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449
support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater · Release Notes

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