CVE-2020-8093 (GCVE-0-2020-8093)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-29 16:05 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac
Summary
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
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advi… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitdefender | Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac |
Affected:
unspecified , < 8.0.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2020-01-29 00:00
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