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Improper access restriction to critical folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac

Publication date: November 11th, 2025


CVE ID:
CVE-2025-5317
CVSS scrore:
6.8 - 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
Affected vendors:
Bitdefender
Affected products:
Endpoint Security Tools for Mac
Vulnerability details:

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.

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