CVE-2020-15731

Local Privilege Escalation in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8953)

Published Sep 30, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 3.2 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An improper Input Validation vulnerability in the code handling file renaming and recovery in Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file in a location hardcoded in a specially-crafted malicious file name. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.85448.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

An automatic update to Bitdefender Engines version 7.85448 fixes the issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7716 An improper Input Validation vulnerability in the code handling file renaming and recovery in Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file in a location hardcoded in a specially-crafted malicious file name. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.85448.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Bitdefender
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:20 PM
Reserved
Jul 14, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 30, 2020, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM