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CVE-2019-17100 (GCVE-0-2019-17100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-27 13:55 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:17
VLAI
Title
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 (VA-5895)
Summary
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.
Severity
5.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe Affected: unspecified , ≤ 24.0.12.69 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-12-19 00:00
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