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CVE-2020-8093: Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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 vulnerability in the AntivirusforMac binary as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows an attacker to inject a library using DYLD environment variable to cause third-party code execution

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/code-injection-into-bitdefender-antivirus-for-mac-va-3441/
• https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-into-bitdefender-antivirus-for-mac-va-3441/

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