CVE-2020-12680

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in avira free antivirus. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-05-08
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

avira:free_antivirus

References

https://medium.com/%40knikolenko/avira-free-antivirus-password-collector-83452fa7f943
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/1258448515912491026
https://medium.com/%40knikolenko/avira-free-antivirus-password-collector-83452fa7f943
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/1258448515912491026

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