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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-14242 · published 30 July 2019

CVE-2019-14242: Bitdefender antivirus plus uncontrolled search path element vulnerability

Bitdefender · Antivirus Plus

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.

6.7 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.58% · top 54.7% CWE-427 · Uncontrolled search path element
6.7CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.2
0.58%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-bitdefender-products-windows/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-bitdefender-products-windows/ Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-14242), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.