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CVE-2025-7073

Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Operation in Bitdefender Total Security

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 27.0.47.241
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable directory (C:\ProgramData\Atc\Feedback) without proper symbolic link validation, enabling arbitrary file deletion. This issue is chained with a file copy operation during network events and a filter driver bypass via DLL injection to achieve arbitrary file copy and code execution as elevated user.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Bitdefender Total Security

    fixed in 27.0.47.241

  • Bitdefender Internet Security

    fixed in 27.0.47.241

  • Bitdefender Antivirus Plus

    fixed in 27.0.47.241

References 1

bitdefender.com