Vulnerability in Bitdefender Gravityzone

CVE-2018-8955

The installer for BitDefender GravityZone relies on an encoded string in a filename to determine the URL for installation metadata, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing the filename while leaving the file's d…

EPSS: 0.043 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8955?
CVE-2018-8955 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Gravityzone, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-8955?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8955 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.