# CVE-2025-7073: Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Operation in Bitdefender Total Security

> Local attackers can escalate privileges to execute arbitrary code by exploiting symbolic link handling flaws in file operations.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA: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:** 10 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 31 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9247-4234-vwrq

## What is CVE-2025-7073?

CVE-2025-7073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, published on 10 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable directory (C:\ProgramData\Atc\Feedback) without proper symbolic link validation, enabling arbitrary file deletion. This issue is chained with a file copy operation during network events and a filter driver bypass via DLL injection to achieve arbitrary file copy and code execution as elevated user.

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7073?

It affects 5 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2025-7073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-7073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus

- [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-2023-6154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6154/): Local privilege escalation in Bitdefender Total Security (VA-11168) (high 7.8)
- [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-2025-7073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, published on 10 Dec 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-2025-7073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. 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-2025-7073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7073/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7073

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7073/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.