What is CVE-2020-12680?

CVE-2020-12680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avira Free Antivirus. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-12680?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Avira Free Antivirus

CVE-2020-12680

Avira Free Antivirus through 15.0.2005.1866 allows local users to discover user credentials. The functions of the executable file Avira.PWM.NativeMessaging.exe are aimed at collecting credentials stored in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge. The executable does not verify the calling program and thus a request such as fetchChromePasswords or fetchCredentials will succeed. NOTE: some third parties have stated that this is "not a vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Avira Free_antivirus
N/a — versions n/a

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12680?: CVE-2020-12680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avira Free Antivirus. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-12680?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.