High severity · published Jan 27, 2020
CVE-2019-17099
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in EPSecurityService.exe as used in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 6.6.11.163 allows an attacker to load an arbitrary…
7.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in EPSecurityService.exe as used in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 6.6.11.163 allows an attacker to load an arbitrary DLL file from the search path. This issue affects: Bitdefender EPSecurityService.exe versions prior to 6.6.11.163.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Endpoint Security Tools · Bitdefender
before 6.6.11.163 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17099
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17099
Vendor Advisory
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-epsecurityservice-exe-va-3500/
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