What is CVE-2025-7073?

CVE-2025-7073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-7073?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus

CVE-2025-7073

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable direc…

EPSS: 0.000 (1.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Bitdefender Antivirus
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus — versions 0
Bitdefender Antivirus_plus
Bitdefender Endpoint_security_tools
Bitdefender Internet Security — versions 0
Bitdefender Internet_security
Bitdefender Total Security — versions 0
Bitdefender Total_security

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve-requests@bitdefender.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-7073?: CVE-2025-7073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitdefender Antivirus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-7073?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.