CVE-2020-8103

lowpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.80% (57th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A vulnerability in the improper handling of symbolic links in Bitdefender Antivirus Free can allow an unprivileged user to substitute a quarantined file, and restore it to a privileged location. This issue affects Bitdefender Antivirus Free versions prior to 1.0.17.178.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.2

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cve-requests@bitdefender.comexploitability 0.5 · impact 6

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

RedyOpsResearchLabs/-CVE-2020-8103-Bitdefender-Antivirus-Free-EoPCVE-2020-8103 Link Resolution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus FreePoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Bitdefender Bitdefender Antivirus Freeunspecified → 1.0.17.178enisa_euvdEU
bitdefender antivirus 2020< 1.0.17.178nvdUScpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus_2020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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