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CVE-2020-8092
Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac
Low1.6EPSS 0.26%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Bitdefender
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| BitdefenderCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low1.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.6.
Weakness
Affected products
Bitdefender · Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
- affected unspecified – < 8.0.0
What to do
Solution: The vulnerability has been fixed in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac version 8.0.0. An automatic update mitigates the issue.
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