CVE-2020-8099

Link Resolution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free (VA-8387)

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Apr 21, 2020
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jan 28, 2020

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Description

A vulnerability in the improper handling of junctions 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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:LBitdefender

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Antivirus FreeBitdefender
  • before 1.0.17Affected

References

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