CVE-2020-8094

Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 (VA-8422)

Published Jan 15, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The vulnerability was fixed in Bitdefender Antivirus Free version 1.0.16.152. The fix has been automatically applied to affected instances.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29005 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bitdefender
Bitdefender antivirus 2020
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus_2020:*:*:*:*:free:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bitdefender
Bitdefender antivirus 2020
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 (VA-8422)
Weaknesses CWE-426
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Bitdefender
Published
Updated
Jan 15, 2025, 4:48 PM
Reserved
Jan 28, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 15, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM