Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-2761

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the scheduler (sched.exe) in Avira AntiVir, AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, and AntiVir Professional might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious antivir.exe file in the "C:\Program Files\avira\" directory.

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Affected products

Avira/Antivir4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:-:-:premium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:*:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Avira/Antivir Security Suite
cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_security_suite:-:-:premium:*:*:*:*:*
Avira/AntiVir Premiumllm-create
Avira/Premium Security Suitellm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130nvdVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0146.htmlnvd
blog.zoller.lu/2009/01/tzo-2009-2-avira-antivir-priviledge.htmlnvd
www.osvdb.org/55647nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46568nvd

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