CVE-2020-8092 Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac
A local attacker can exploit a flaw in BDLDaemon to obtain authentication tokens, leading to privilege escalation and unauthorized access to cloud requests.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8092?
CVE-2020-8092 is a low-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, published on 29 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
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8092?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitdefender Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8092?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8092 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-8092 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8092 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
- CVE-2007-5775 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2008-5409 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2025-7073 Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Operation in Bitdefender Total Security
- CVE-2023-6154 Local privilege escalation in Bitdefender Total Security (VA-11168)
- CVE-2020-8093 Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac
Sources
Also known as GHSA-83qf-gg25-9h54.