CVE-2020-8961 json
An issue was discovered in Avira Free-Antivirus before 15.0.2004.1825.
published 2020-04-09 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-29791
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.0%
- EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in Avira Free-Antivirus before 15.0.2004.1825. The Self-Protection feature does not prohibit a write operation from an external process. Thus, code injection can be used to turn off this feature. After that, one can construct an event that will modify a file at a specific location, and pass this event to the driver, thereby defeating the anti-virus functionality.
Patch / fix
- avira free_antivirus 15.0.2004.1825
Exploit prediction
2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
References
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support.avira.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360000109798-Avira-Antivirus-for-Windows
release-notes, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-8961
- NVD CVE-2020-8961
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