BitDefender Endpoint Security Tool DLL code injection

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in BitDefender Endpoint Security Tool, Antivirus Plus, Internet Security and Total Security. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DLL Handler. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-14242. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in BitDefender Endpoint Security Tool, Antivirus Plus, Internet Security and Total Security (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Bitdefender products for Windows (Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tool versions prior to 6.6.8.115; and Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security, and Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 23.0.24.120) that can lead to local code injection. A local attacker with administrator privileges can create a malicious DLL file in %SystemRoot%\System32\ that will be executed with local user privileges.

The weakness was released 07/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at bitdefender.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-14242 since 07/23/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• BitDefender

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• Antivirus Plus
• Endpoint Security Tool
• Internet Security
• Total Security

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• commercial

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