# CVE-2023-6154: Local privilege escalation in Bitdefender Total Security (VA-11168)

> A configuration flaw in Bitdefender security products allows local attackers to load malicious libraries, leading to privilege escalation and code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x5jv-pxjq-575r

## What is CVE-2023-6154?

CVE-2023-6154 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free, published on 1 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A configuration setting issue in seccenter.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security, Bitdefender Internet Security, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Antivirus Free allows an attacker to change the product's expected behavior and potentially load a third-party library upon execution. This issue affects Total Security: 27.0.25.114; Internet Security: 27.0.25.114; Antivirus Plus: 27.0.25.114; Antivirus Free: 27.0.25.114.

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), CWE-15 (External Control of System or Configuration Setting)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6154?

It affects 4 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6154?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6154 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6154 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6154 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Antivirus Free

- [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-2020-8093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8093/): Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2019-17103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17103/): Get-task-allow entitlement via BDLDaemon on macOS (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6154 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6154 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Free, published on 1 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6154 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender Antivirus Free. 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-2023-6154/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6154/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6154
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6154
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6154

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6154/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.