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CVE-2020-12254 (GCVE-0-2020-12254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-26 14:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:48
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Summary
Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink.
CWE
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References
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