What is CVE-2019-17093?

CVE-2019-17093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avast Antivirus, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-17093?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Avast Antivirus

CVE-2019-17093

An issue was discovered in Avast antivirus before 19.8 and AVG antivirus before 19.8. A DLL Preloading vulnerability allows an attacker to implant %WINDIR%\system32\wbemcomn.dll, which is loaded into a protected-light process (PPL) and mig…

EPSS: 0.006 (42.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Avast Antivirus
Avg Anti-virus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17093?: CVE-2019-17093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avast Antivirus, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-17093?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.