An improper access restriction to a folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac (BEST) before 7.20.52.200087 allows local users with administrative privileges to bypass the configured uninstall password protection. An unauthorized user with sudo privileges can manually remove the application directory (/Applications/Endpoint Security for Mac.app/) and the related directories within /Library/Bitdefender/AVP without needing the uninstall password.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00016.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple Subscribe
Macos Subscribe
Bitdefender Subscribe
Endpoint Security Tools Subscribe

No data.

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment is a feature of OpenCVE that uses AI to automatically link vendors and products to CVEs. Learn more on GitHub.

Vendors Products
Apple Subscribe
Macos Subscribe
Bitdefender Subscribe
Endpoint Security Tools Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

An automatic update to itdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac (BEST) version 7.20.52.200087 or higher fixes the issue.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/improper-access-restriction-to-critical-folder-in-bitdefender-endpoint-security-tools-for-mac/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Bitdefender
Bitdefender endpoint Security Tools
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Bitdefender
Bitdefender endpoint Security Tools

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An improper access restriction to a folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac (BEST) before 7.20.52.200087 allows local users with administrative privileges to bypass the configured uninstall password protection. An unauthorized user with sudo privileges can manually remove the application directory (/Applications/Endpoint Security for Mac.app/) and the related directories within /Library/Bitdefender/AVP without needing the uninstall password.
Title Improper access restriction to critical folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Bitdefender

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-12T20:04:14.955Z

Reserved: 2025-05-29T05:57:38.849Z

Link: CVE-2025-5317

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T14:55:19.858Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-11T08:15:34.113

Modified: 2025-11-12T16:19:34.210

Link: CVE-2025-5317

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T12:42:43Z

Weaknesses