CVE-2020-8094 HIGH

CVE-2020-8094: Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 (VA-8422)

Vendor Bitdefender

Product Antivirus Free 2020

Weakness CWE-426

Published January 15, 2025

Last update January 15, 2025

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CVSS base score

8.8/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 15, 2025 CVE published

January 15, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8094 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html

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CVE-2020-8094: Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 (VA-8422)

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