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CVE-2020-8092 (GCVE-0-2020-8092)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-29 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:00
VLAI
Title
Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac
Summary
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.
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac Affected: unspecified , < 8.0.0 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-01-29 00:00
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