CVE-2019-17100
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 (VA-5895)
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 (VA-5895)
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.
- Record
CVE-2019-17100- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7566
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7566- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-537w-q75m-vrj9
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total...
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.
- Record
GHSA-537w-q75m-vrj9- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in bdserviceshost.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security 2020 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue does not affect: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 24.0.12.69.
- Record
CVE-2019-17100- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-17100 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.2) in Bitdefender Bdserviceshost.exe, published January 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.