{"id":"CVE-2023-51636","aliases":["EUVD-2023-56348","GHSA-c2xc-682q-ghp8"],"status":"published","title":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avira Prime. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the Avira Spotlight Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21600.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00956,"percentile":0.61719,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2024-05-22T19:16:48Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:41:22Z","products":[{"vendor":"avira","product":"avira_prime"},{"vendor":"avira","product":"prime"},{"vendor":"birkir","product":"prime"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-469/","tags":["x_research-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51636"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-469"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2xc-682q-ghp8"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-51636","title":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avira Prime. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the Avira Spotlight Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21600.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-22T19:16:48.396Z","modified":"2024-08-02T22:40:34.068Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:17.48054Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-56348","description":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avira Prime. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the Avira Spotlight Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21600.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-22T19:16:48Z","modified":"2024-08-02T22:40:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:26:07.206777Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-c2xc-682q-ghp8","title":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows...","description":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avira Prime. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the Avira Spotlight Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21600.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-22T21:30:35Z","modified":"2024-05-22T21:30:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:57:23.839378Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-51636","description":"Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avira Prime. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the Avira Spotlight Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21600.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-22T20:15:08.407Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:41:22.44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:15.329996Z"}]}}