CVE-2019-18568
Avira Free Antivirus is proned to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.1907.1514 is prone to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Avira Free Antivirus is proned to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.1907.1514 is prone to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
- Record
CVE-2019-18568- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-680
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8317
Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.1907.1514 is prone to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8317- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pr3m-8r44-67c8
Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.1907.1514 is prone to a local privilege escalation through the...
Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.1907.1514 is prone to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
- Record
GHSA-pr3m-8r44-67c8- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-680
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.1907.1514 is prone to a local privilege escalation through the execution of kernel code from a restricted user.
- Record
CVE-2019-18568- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-680
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-18568 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Avira Free Antivirus, published December 31, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.