Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Avira AntiVir Products
CVE-2009-2761

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Avira
Status: Antivir; Antivir Security Suite
Vendor: CVE Published:; 13 August 2009

What is CVE-2009-2761?

The vulnerability in Avira AntiVir and its associated products arises from an unquoted search path in the scheduler (sched.exe). This flaw allows local users to execute a malicious file named antivir.exe placed within the 'C:\Program Files\avira' directory, potentially leading to escalated privileges. Users should remain vigilant and ensure that proper file path quoting is implemented to mitigate this security risk.

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