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. 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.
Published:Dec 10, 2025
Last Modified:Mar 31, 2026
EPS:Dec 10, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00024
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Bitdefender
Product
Antivirus
Bitdefender
Antivirus
Vendor
Bitdefender
Product
Antivirus Plus
Bitdefender
Antivirus Plus
Vendor
Bitdefender
Product
Endpoint Security Tools
Bitdefender
Endpoint Security Tools
Vendor
Bitdefender
Product
Internet Security
Bitdefender
Internet Security
Vendor
Bitdefender
Product
Total Security
Bitdefender
Total Security
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
