CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-12463

Published: May 05, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026

CVSS 3.x

7.8

HIGH

Source:

NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.x

4.6 MEDIUM

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12463
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.27476 due to improperly handling file hard links. This allows local users to obtain take control of arbitrary files.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Software_updater	Avira	*	2.0.6.27476 (excluding)

References

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