What is CVE-2025-5317?

CVE-2025-5317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-5317?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Bitdefender Endpoint Security

CVE-2025-5317

An improper access restriction to a folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac (BEST) before 7.20.52.200087 allows local users with administrative privileges to bypass the configured uninstall password protection. An unauthorized user with sudo privileges can manually remove the application directory (/Applications/Endpoint Security for Mac.app/) and the related directories within /Library/Bitdefender/AVP without needing the uninstall password.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.001 (1.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Bitdefender Endpoint_security
Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools For Mac — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cve-requests@bitdefender.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5317?: CVE-2025-5317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-5317?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.