HIGH
Link Resolution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free (VA-8604)
Published Jun 5, 2020
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.80%
Description
A vulnerability in the improper handling of symbolic links in Bitdefender Antivirus Free can allow an unprivileged user to substitute a quarantined file, and restore it to a privileged location. This issue affects Bitdefender Antivirus Free versions prior to 1.0.17.178.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<1.0.17.178
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitdefender | Bitdefender Antivirus Free | n/a |
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- < 1.0.17.178
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
An automatic update to Bitdefender Antivirus Free version 1.0.17.178 or newer fixes the issue.
Weaknesses (1)
References (2)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29014 Advisory
- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/link-resolution-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-bitdefender-antivirus-free-va-8604/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29014 | Advisory | |
| https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/link-resolution-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-bitdefender-antivirus-free-va-8604/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Bitdefender
Published Jun 5, 2020
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Jan 28, 2020
Link CVE-2020-8103
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2020-29014 Assigner Bitdefender
Published Jun 5, 2020
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2020-29014