BitDefender Total Security 2018 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial…
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
BitDefender Total Security 2018 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating all the pipes through a use of an "insecurely created named pipe". Ensures full access to Everyone users group.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00295 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:total_security:2018:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2018 | Vulnerable | Bitdefender |
- cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:total_security:2018:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2018 Vulnerable ·Bitdefender
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-6183
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqgv-cf28-r9x6
References
More Bitdefender Total Security vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-05541 Unspecified vulnerability in BitDefender allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-06435 Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Operation in Bitdefender Total Security CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-27071 Insecure Trust of Basic Constraints certificate in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11210) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-27068 Insecure Trust of certificates using collision hash functions in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11239) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-05579 HTTPS Certificate Validation Issue in Bitdefender Safepay (VA-11167) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-05578 Insecure Trust of DSA-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11166) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2018-6183 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-6183 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wqgv-cf28-r9x6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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