Avira Free Security Suite 10 Software Updater Folder privilege escalation

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Avira Free Security Suite 10. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Software Updater Folder Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 08/29/2019 as mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-11396 since 04/21/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/30/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Vendor

• Avira

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• Free Security Suite

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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04/21/2019 CVE assigned
08/29/2019 +130 days Advisory disclosed
08/30/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
08/30/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: seclists.org

CVE: CVE-2019-11396 (🔒)

Created: 08/30/2019 03:33 PM
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