# CVE-2020-8102: Insufficient URL sanitization and validation in Safepay Browser (VA-8631)

> An attacker can execute remote commands in the Safepay Utility process via a crafted web page due to insufficient URL validation in Bitdefender Total Security.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frgh-7pf4-6v6f

## What is CVE-2020-8102?

CVE-2020-8102 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020, published on 22 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Safepay browser component of Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an external, specially crafted web page to run remote commands inside the Safepay Utility process. This issue affects Bitdefender Total Security 2020 versions prior to 24.0.20.116.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8102?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bitdefender Total Security 2020.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-8102?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-8102 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Total Security 2020

- [CVE-2019-17100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17100/): Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 (VA-5895) (medium 5.2)
- [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-2020-8102 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-8102 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020, published on 22 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender Total Security 2020. 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-2020-8102/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8102/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8102
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8102
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8102

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8102/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.