CVE-2020-8099: Bitdefender Antivirus 2020

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the improper handling of junctions in Bitdefender Antivirus Free can allow an unprivileged user to substitute a quarantined file, and restore it to a privileged location. This issue affects: Bitdefender Antivirus Free versions prior to 1.0.17.

Affected products

• Bitdefender Antivirus 2020: before 1.0.17 (fixed in 1.0.17)

Published 2020-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.