CVE-2020-8094 (GCVE-0-2020-8094)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-15 16:12 – Updated: 2025-01-15 16:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 (VA-8422)
Summary
An untrusted search path vulnerability in testinitsigs.exe as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 allows a low-privilege attacker to execute code as SYSTEM via a specially crafted DLL file.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-15 16:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitdefender | Antivirus Free 2020 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.0.16.152
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2020-02-07 10:00
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