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CVE-2009-2761

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the scheduler (sched.exe) in Avira AntiVir, AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, and AntiVir Professional might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious antivir.exe file in the "C:\Program Files\avira\" directory.

Affected products

• AVIRA Antivir: all versions
• AVIRA Antivir Security Suite: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0146.html
• http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/01/tzo-2009-2-avira-antivir-priviledge.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/55647
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46568
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0146.html
• http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/01/tzo-2009-2-avira-antivir-priviledge.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/55647
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46568

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