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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-8092 · published 30 January 2020

CVE-2020-8092: Bitdefender antivirus permissions and access controls vulnerability

Bitdefender · Antivirus

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.

5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.26% · top 83.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controlsCWE-269 · Improper privilege management
5.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 2.1
0.26%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

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

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-8092), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.