CVE-2009-2761: Avira Antivir

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Avira Antivir: any version; affected versions not specified
• Avira Antivir Security Suite: affected versions not specified

Published 2009-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.