CVE-2020-8092

Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability in BDLDaemon as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows a local attacker to obtain authentication tokens for requests submitted to the Bitdefender Cloud. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac versions prior to 8.0.0.

Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en BDLDaemon como es usado en Bitdefender Antivirus para Mac, permite a un atacante local obtener tokens de autenticación para peticiones enviadas hacia Bitdefender Cloud. Este problema afecta a: Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus para Mac versiones anteriores a 8.0.0.

*Credits: Bugcrowd user Bohops

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-01-28 CVE Reserved
2020-01-29 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-av-for-mac-va-3499	Broken Link

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bitdefender Search vendor "Bitdefender"		Antivirus Search vendor "Bitdefender" for product "Antivirus"				< 8.0.0 Search vendor "Bitdefender" for product "Antivirus" and version " < 8.0.0"		-		Affected