# CVE-2025-5317: Improper access restriction to critical folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac

> Local administrators can bypass uninstall password protection to remove Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac without authorization.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hpr3-4vvq-fj8x

## What is CVE-2025-5317?

CVE-2025-5317 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper access restriction to a folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac (BEST) before 7.20.52.200087 allows local users with administrative privileges to bypass the configured uninstall password protection. An unauthorized user with sudo privileges can manually remove the application directory (/Applications/Endpoint Security for Mac.app/) and the related directories within /Library/Bitdefender/AVP without needing the uninstall password.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5317?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bitdefender Endpoint Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac

- [CVE-2020-8108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8108/): Insufficient client validation in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac (VA-8759) (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-2223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2223/): Incorrect Regular Expression in GravityZone Update Server (VA-11465) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-2224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2224/): Privilege Escalation via the GravityZone productManager UpdateServer.KitsManager API (VA-11466) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-8097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8097/): Improper authentication vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools and Endpoint Security SDK (VA-8646) (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5317 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5317 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac, published on 11 Nov 2025. 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-2025-5317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools 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-2025-5317/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5317/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5317
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5317
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5317

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5317/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.