Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-51636

RCE

Title: Avira Avira Prime RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-51636.

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date May 22, 2024

Modified Date Aug 14, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-51636: 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. The 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.

Impacted Vendors

avira 1

Reference Links

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-469/ https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-469/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-51636 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

August 14, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 22, 2024 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.