BitDefender Antivirus 6.2.19.890 privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in BitDefender Antivirus 6.2.19.890. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-9329. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in BitDefender Antivirus 6.2.19.890 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Bitdefender Antivirus 6.2.19.890 component, as configured for AV Defender in SolarWinds N-Central and possibly other products, attempts to access hosts in the bitdefeder.net Potentially Unwanted Domain (a domain similar to "bitdefender.net" but with a missing 'n' character) in unspecified circumstances. The observed hostnames are of the form upgr-midgress-##.htz.bitdefeder.net; however, all hostnames ending in .bitdefeder.net apparently resolve to the same IP address. This product behavior may allow remote attackers to block antivirus updates or potentially provide crafted updates, either by controlling that IP address or by purchasing the bitdefeder.net domain name.

The weakness was published 04/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-9329 since 04/05/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/23/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• BitDefender

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• Antivirus

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• 6.2.19.890

License

• commercial

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