Description
Avira Internet Security contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the System Speedup component. The Avira.SystemSpeedup.RealTimeOptimizer.exe process, which runs with SYSTEM privileges, deserializes data from a file located in C:\\ProgramData using .NET BinaryFormatter without implementing input validation or deserialization safeguards. Because the file can be created or modified by a local user in default configurations, an attacker can supply a crafted serialized payload that is deserialized by the privileged process, resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM.
References (5)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (3)
avira/internet_security
< 1.1.114.3113
Gen Digital Inc./Avira Internet Security
< 1.1.109.1990
Gen Digital Inc./Avira Internet Security
1.1.114.3113
Published
Mar 05, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 05, 2026