CVE-2020-8107 Process Control vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus

High 8.2 Published Updated

An attacker can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges by loading a malicious DLL into the Bitdefender Antivirus process.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2020-8107?

CVE-2020-8107 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, published on 18 Feb 2022. 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 Process Control vulnerability in ProductAgentUI.exe as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus allows an attacker to tamper with product settings via a specially crafted DLL file. This issue affects: Bitdefender Antivirus Plus versions prior to 24.0.26.136. Bitdefender Internet Security versions prior to 24.0.26.136. Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.26.136.

Weakness: CWE-114

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8107?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security, Bitdefender Total Security.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8107?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8107 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2020-8107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3h4r-x85w-hcrm.

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