CVE-2020-12680: Avira Free Antivirus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. 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.

Affected products

• Avira Free Antivirus: up to and including 15.0.2005.1866

Published 2020-05-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.