High severity · published Jan 15, 2025
CVE-2020-8094
An untrusted search path vulnerability in testinitsigs.exe as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 allows a low-privilege attacker to execute code as SYSTEM via a specially…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An untrusted search path vulnerability in testinitsigs.exe as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 allows a low-privilege attacker to execute code as SYSTEM via a specially crafted DLL file.
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)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
A2
Antivirus 2020 · Bitdefender
before 1.0.16.152 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8094
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8094
Vendor Advisory
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-bitdefender-antivirus-free-2020-va-8422/
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