CVE-2019-14242
What it is
An issue was discovered in Bitdefender products for Windows (Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tool versions prior to 6.6.8.115; and Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security, and Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 23.0.24.120) that can lead to local code injection. A local attacker with administrator privileges can create a malicious DLL file in %SystemRoot%\System32\ that will be executed with local user privileges.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.7 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Bitdefender Antivirus Plus < 23.0.24.120
- Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tool < 6.6.8.115
- Bitdefender Internet Security < 23.0.24.120
- Bitdefender Total Security < 23.0.24.120
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 6.7
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-bitdefender-products-windows/
- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/code-injection-bitdefender-products-windows/