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Fencer Vulns
low 3.2

CVE-2020-15731 json

Local Privilege Escalation in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8953)

published 2020-09-30 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-7716

cvss
3.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An improper Input Validation vulnerability in the code handling file renaming and recovery in Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file in a location hardcoded in a specially-crafted malicious file name. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.85448.

Patch / fix

  • Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines 7.85448

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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