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Fencer Vulns
low 1.6

CVE-2020-8092 json

Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

published 2020-01-29 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-29003

cvss
1.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 8.0.0

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 1.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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