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CVE-2020-15731

Local Privilege Escalation in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8953)

LOW
3.6
CVSS Score
Published: September 30, 2020 at 11:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEngines

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Severity
LOW3.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

An improper Input Validation vulnerability in the code handling file renaming and recovery in Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file in a location hardcoded in a specially-crafted malicious file name. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.85448.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Engines· Bitdefender
95%
v < 7.85448
Affected range stops below 7.85448, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/local-privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-engines-va-8953

CVSS

3.6LOW[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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