# CVE-2019-17103: Get-task-allow entitlement via BDLDaemon on macOS

> An attacker can elevate permissions to read protected directories on macOS due to incorrect default permissions in the BDLDaemon component.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **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:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6x35-4qmm-3qjg

## What is CVE-2019-17103?

CVE-2019-17103 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender AV for Mac, 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 Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the BDLDaemon component of Bitdefender AV for Mac allows an attacker to elevate permissions to read protected directories. This issue affects: Bitdefender AV for Mac versions prior to 8.0.0.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17103?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bitdefender Antivirus.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-17103?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-17103 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender AV for Mac

- [CVE-2007-5775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5775/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2008-5409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5409/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-7073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7073/): Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Operation in Bitdefender Total Security (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-6154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6154/): Local privilege escalation in Bitdefender Total Security (VA-11168) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-8093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8093/): Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-17103 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-17103 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender AV for Mac, 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-2019-17103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender AV for Mac. 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-2019-17103/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17103/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17103
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17103
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17103

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17103/
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