CVE-2020-8092 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2020-8092

Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

Vulnerability Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in BDLDaemon as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows a local attacker to obtain authentication tokens for requests submitted to the Bitdefender Cloud. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac versions prior to 8.0.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Bugcrowd user Bohops

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Affected Vendor

Bitdefender

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Affected Software

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: January 29th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1087 Account Discovery
Discovery
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact