CVE-2020-27172: Gdatasoftware G Data

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in G-Data before 25.5.9.25 using Symbolic links, it is possible to abuse the infected-file restore mechanism to achieve arbitrary write that leads to elevation of privileges.

Affected products

Published 2020-12-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.