CVE-2026-27749
HIGH WAF: Medium
CVSS 7.8
Published: 2026-03-05
CWE-502
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.
WAF Coverage Analysis
Insecure Deserialization
Medium WAF Coverage
OWASP: A08:2021 Software and Data Integrity Failures
944xxx - Java Attack
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| avira | internet_security | up to 1.1.114.3113 |
References
- blog.quarkslab.com (Third Party Advisory)
- support.avira.com (Release Notes)
- www.avira.com (Product)
- www.vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory)