CVE-2020-15731

3.6 lowEPSS 0.5%

Low (3.6) in bitdefender engines. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper Input Validation vulnerability in the code handling file renaming and recovery in Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file in a location hardcoded in a specially-crafted malicious file name. This issue affects: Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.85448.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

3.6 low

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2020-09-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

bitdefender:engines

References

https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/local-privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-engines-va-8953
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/local-privilege-escalation-in-bitdefender-engines-va-8953

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