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CVE-2019-17449

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• 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: 2019-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges

Affected products

• AVIRA Software Updater: before 2.0.6.21094 — fixed in 2.0.6.21094

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AVIRA Software Updater 2.0.6.21094. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449
• https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater
• https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449
• https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater

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