CVE-2019-17449

View on CVE.org

Published Oct 10, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.402% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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

Feb 21, 2026 8:15 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Avira Software Updater

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:40 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 10, 2019, 3:58 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:40 AM
Reserved: Oct 10, 2019, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:40 AM

Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:40 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:23 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 10, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:23 AM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2019-10-24T13:56:09.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449"}], "tags": ["disputed"], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2019-17449", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "** DISPUTED ** 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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater"}, {"name": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449"}]}}}, "adp": [{"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2024-06-11T18:32:03.254007Z", "id": "CVE-2019-17449", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-11T18:32:13.052Z"}}, {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T01:40:15.837Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2019-17449", "datePublished": "2019-10-10T15:58:49.000Z", "dateReserved": "2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T01:40:15.837Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T01:40:15.837Z"}}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2019-17449", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-06-11T18:32:03.254007Z"}}}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-11T18:32:08.520Z"}}], "cna": {"tags": ["disputed"], "affected": [{"vendor": "n/a", "product": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"]}, {"url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "text", "description": "n/a"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2019-10-24T13:56:09.000Z"}, "x_legacyV4Record": {"affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}, "product_name": "n/a"}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_type": "CVE", "references": {"reference_data": [{"url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater", "name": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater", "refsource": "MISC"}, {"url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449", "name": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449", "refsource": "MISC"}]}, "data_format": "MITRE", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "** DISPUTED ** 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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": {"ID": "CVE-2019-17449", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org"}}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2019-17449", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T01:40:15.837Z", "dateReserved": "2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z", "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "datePublished": "2019-10-10T15:58:49.000Z", "assignerShortName": "mitre"}, "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:avira:software_updater:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "BA141CB5-3CEF-42AB-A8AE-5A60B61413F3", "versionEndExcluding": "2.0.6.21094", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [{"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["disputed"]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "** EN DISPUTA ** Avira Software Updater versiones anteriores a 2.0.6.21094, permite un ataque de carga lateral de DLL. NOTA: \nEl proveedor piensa que esta vulnerabilidad no es v\u00e1lida porque explotarla requerir\u00eda al menos privilegios de administrador y solo obtendr\u00eda privilegios del SISTEMA."}], "id": "CVE-2019-17449", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:23:58.190", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 4.6, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.7, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 0.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2019-17449", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2024-06-11T18:32:03.254007Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2019-10-10T16:15:11.833", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Release Notes"], "url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://safebreach.com/Post/Avira-Antivirus-2019-4-Services-DLL-Preloading-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-17449"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Release Notes"], "url": "https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000142857-Avira-Software-Updater"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-426"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}