CVE-2023-6154: Local privilege escalation in Bitdefender Total Security (VA-11168)
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A configuration setting issue in seccenter.exe as used in Bitdefender Total Security, Bitdefender Internet Security, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Antivirus Free allows an attacker to change the product's expected behavior and potentially load a third-party library upon execution. This issue affects Total Security: 27.0.25.114; Internet Security: 27.0.25.114; Antivirus Plus: 27.0.25.114; Antivirus Free: 27.0.25.114.
- Published
- Apr 1, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 9th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-15
Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.8
- CNA · Bitdefender
- 7.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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Noroxi analysis
What does it mean in your environment?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| bitdefender | antivirus | cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus |
| bitdefender | antivirus plus | cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus_plus |
| bitdefender | internet security | cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:internet_security |
| bitdefender | total security | cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:total_security |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- bitdefender antivirus27.0.25.114
- bitdefender antivirus plus27.0.25.114
- bitdefender internet security27.0.25.114
- bitdefender total security27.0.25.114
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Bitdefender). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Bitdefender Antivirus Free
- 27.0.25.114affected
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus
- 27.0.25.114affected
Bitdefender Internet Security
- 27.0.25.114affected
Bitdefender Total Security
- 27.0.25.114affected
Same product
bitdefender: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-5775Unspecified vulnerability in BitDefender allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, aka EEYEB-20071024.48Plan
- CVE-2008-5409Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Securit40Plan
- CVE-2025-7073Local Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary File Operation in Bitdefender Total Security35Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2019-17103Jan 27, 2020 · Get-task-allow entitlement via BDLDaemon on macOS22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2020-8092Jan 30, 2020 · Privilege escalation in Bitdefender AV for Mac22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2020-8093Jan 30, 2020 · Code Injection into Bitdefender AV for Mac31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-15 · External Control of System or Configuration SettingCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- XML Schema PoisoningCAPEC-146likelihood: Low · High
- Configuration/Environment ManipulationCAPEC-176Medium
- Manipulate Registry InformationCAPEC-203Medium
- Modification of Registry Run KeysCAPEC-270likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Schema PoisoningCAPEC-271likelihood: Low · High
- Replace Winlogon Helper DLLCAPEC-579
- Target Programs with Elevated PrivilegesCAPEC-69likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Modify RegistryT1112
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Start FolderT1547.001
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Winlogon helper DLLT1547.004
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: ActiveT1547.014
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
- Plist ModificationT1647
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.