CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-12680
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-05-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Avira Free Antivirus through 15.0.2005.1866 allows local users to discover user credentials. The functions of the executable file Avira.PWM.NativeMessaging.exe are aimed at collecting credentials stored in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge. The executable does not verify the calling program and thus a request such as fetchChromePasswords or fetchCredentials will succeed. NOTE: some third parties have stated that this is "not a vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• avira free antivirus (<= 15.0.2005.1866)
References
- https://medium.com/%40knikolenko/avira-free-antivirus-password-collector-83452fa7f943 medium.com
- https://twitter.com/taviso/status/1258448515912491026 Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40knikolenko/avira-free-antivirus-password-collector-83452fa7f943 medium.com
- https://twitter.com/taviso/status/1258448515912491026 Third Party Advisory