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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5317

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 t

Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 12, 2025 · Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac

Last checked Oct 31, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5317. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.11%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac 0 <7.20.52.200087

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac 0 <7.20.52.2000870 <7.20.52.200087

How to fix CVE-2025-5317

  • Upgrade

    CVE-2025-5317 lists a fix boundary at 7.20.52.200087. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.

  • Version check

    Seen in 0 <7.20.52.200087

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5317. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac 0 <7.20.52.200087 0 <7.20.52.200087. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.11%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 /Libr

  2. Nov 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 /Libr

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5317

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-74033

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 31, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 25, 2026
  • EUVDOct 25, 2026