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CVE-2020-8092

Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 29, 2020 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAntivirus

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

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.

Affected

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

Antivirus· Bitdefender
95%
v < 8.0.0
Affected range stops below 8.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-av-for-mac-va-3499/

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-269

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