# CVE-2019-17100: Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 (VA-5895)

> An untrusted search path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via malicious DLLs.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-537w-q75m-vrj9

## What is CVE-2019-17100?

CVE-2019-17100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe, published on 27 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17100?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bitdefender Total Security 2020.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-17100?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-17100 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe

- [CVE-2020-8102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8102/): Insufficient URL sanitization and validation in Safepay Browser (VA-8631) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-8095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8095/): Bitdefender Total Security Link Resolution Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-17100 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-17100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe, published on 27 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17100/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17100/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17100
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17100
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17100

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17100/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.