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CVE-2020-8094: bitdefender antivirus_2020 Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 8.8v4.0HighAnalyzed
Published 15-01-2025Last modified 15-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-8094 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bitdefender antivirus_2020. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An untrusted search path vulnerability in testinitsigs.exe as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 allows a low-privilege attacker to execute code as SYSTEM via a specially crafted DLL file.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bitdefender2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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