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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-7073

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges.

Published Dec 10, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · A local privilege escalation

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-7073. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of A local privilege escalation is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (A local privilege escalation).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.17%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe bitdefender/antivirus · cpe bitdefender/antivirus plus · cpe bitdefender/endpoint security tools · cpe bitdefender/internet security · cpe bitdefender/total security

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable directory (C:\ProgramData\Atc\Feedback) without proper symbolic link validation, enabling arbitrary file deletion. This issue is chained with a file copy operation during network events and a filter driver bypass via DLL injection to achieve arbitrary file copy and code execution as elevated user.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe bitdefender/antivirusversion unspecified
  • cpe bitdefender/antivirus plusversion unspecified
  • cpe bitdefender/endpoint security toolsversion unspecified
  • cpe bitdefender/internet securityversion unspecified
  • cpe bitdefender/total securityversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-7073

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-2025-7073. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of A local privilege escalation is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-59: Link Following. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 10, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable directory (C:\ProgramData\Atc\Feedback) without proper symbolic link validation, enabling arbitrary file deletion. This issue is chained with a file copy operation du

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable directory (C:\ProgramData\Atc\Feedback) without proper symbolic link validation, enabling arbitrary file deletion. This issue is chained with a file copy operation du

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-7073

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-7073

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-7073

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 27.0.47.241 allows low-privileged attackers to elevate privileges. The issue arises from bdservicehost.exe deleting files from a user-writable directory (C:\ProgramData\Atc\Feedback) withou

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.