CVE-2020-8093

Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac

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Published Jan 29, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A vulnerability in the AntivirusforMac binary as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows an attacker to inject a library using DYLD environment variable to cause third-party code execution

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Bitdefender

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 8.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update the Antivirus for Mac solution to version 8.0.0 or higher.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-29004	A vulnerability in the AntivirusforMac binary as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows an attacker to inject a library using DYLD environment variable to cause third-party code execution

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.415% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-into-bitdefender-antivirus-for-mac-va-3441/

History

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Subscriptions

Bitdefender Antivirus

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:57 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Bitdefender
Published: Jan 29, 2020, 4:05 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:57 AM
Reserved: Jan 28, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 30, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM

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