Local Privilege Escalation in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8953)
Priority LOW 18CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An improper Input Validation vulnerability in the code handling file renaming and recovery in Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file in a location hardcoded in a specially-crafted malicious file name. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.85448.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00534 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Bitdefender Engines (Bitdefender): 7.85448
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitdefender | Bitdefender Engines | before 7.85448 | 7.85448 | Patch available | CNA |
- Bitdefender Engines VendorBitdefender Affected before 7.85448 Fixed in 7.85448 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:engines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 7.85448 | Vulnerable | Bitdefender |
- cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:engines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.85448 Vulnerable ·Bitdefender
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Bitdefender Engines (Bitdefender) Fixed in 7.85448
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15731
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ghcw-jqxh-fxcc
References
More Bitdefender Engines vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06521 Incomplete validation in detection code in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8589) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2022-03113 Improper handling of registry symbolic links in Bitdefender Engines CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-03391 Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Issue in CEVA Engine CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2020-06529 Bitdefender ceva_emu.cvd module denial-of-service (VA-8766) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-06528 Bitdefender ace.xmd parser out-of-bounds write (VA-8772) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-15731 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-15731 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ghcw-jqxh-fxcc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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