Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

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

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

fixed in 1

Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 8.0.0

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Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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

bitdefender.com /support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-av-for-mac-va-3499/
broken-link

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8092
NVD CVE-2020-8092

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