CVE-2020-8093
Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 29, 2020 at 04:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAntivirus
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A vulnerability in the AntivirusforMac binary as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows an attacker to inject a library using DYLD environment variable to cause third-party code execution
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 8.0.0
Affected range stops below 8.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo 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/code-injection-into-bitdefender-antivirus-for-mac-va-3441/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-74
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