CVE-2020-8092: Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in BDLDaemon as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows a local attacker to obtain authentication tokens for requests submitted to the Bitdefender Cloud. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac versions prior to 8.0.0.

Affected products

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac: before 8.0.0 — fixed in 8.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 8.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-av-for-mac-va-3499/
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-av-for-mac-va-3499/

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