What is CVE-2020-12254?

CVE-2020-12254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avira Antivirus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-12254?

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

Vulnerability in Avira Antivirus

CVE-2020-12254

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

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Avira Antivirus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12254?: CVE-2020-12254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avira Antivirus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-12254?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.