CVE-2019-17449 is a DLL side-loading vulnerability affecting Avira Software Updater versions prior to 2.0.6.21094. This flaw has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires high privileges and local access, potentially allowing an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. While the vendor considers it invalid due to prerequisite administrator access, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available. However, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.6.21094CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avira:software_updater:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.