CVE-2019-17449 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00178.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Avira Subscribe	Software Updater Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:avira:software_updater:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-10T15:58:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:40:15.837Z

Reserved: 2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-17449

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:40:15.837Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-10T16:15:11.833

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:32:20.500

Link: CVE-2019-17449

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-426

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