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CVE-2019-14242

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

An issue was discovered in Bitdefender products for Windows (Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tool versions prior to 6.6.8.115; and Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security, and Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 23.0.24.120) that can lead to local code injection. A local attacker with administrator privileges can create a malicious DLL file in %SystemRoot%\System32\ that will be executed with local user privileges.

Affected products

• Bitdefender Antivirus Plus: before 23.0.24.120 — fixed in 23.0.24.120
• Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tool: before 6.6.8.115 — fixed in 6.6.8.115
• Bitdefender Internet Security: before 23.0.24.120 — fixed in 23.0.24.120
• Bitdefender Total Security: before 23.0.24.120 — fixed in 23.0.24.120

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 23.0.24.120; Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tool 6.6.8.115; Bitdefender Internet Security 23.0.24.120; Bitdefender Total Security 23.0.24.120. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-bitdefender-products-windows/
• https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-bitdefender-products-windows/

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