{"id":"CVE-2019-15295","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-15295","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:42:51.263Z","title":"An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in the ServiceInstance.dll library versions 1.0.15.119 and lower, as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 versions prior to 1.0.15.138, allows an attacker to load an arbitrary DLL file from the search path.","description":"An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in the ServiceInstance.dll library versions 1.0.15.119 and lower, as used in Bitdefender Antivirus Free 2020 versions prior to 1.0.15.138, allows an attacker to load an arbitrary DLL file from the search path.","published":"2019-08-21T18:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:20:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["bitdefender/antivirus 2020"],"epss":{"score":0.01423,"percentile":0.72748,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://safebreach.com/Post/BitDefender-Antivirus-Free-2020-Privilege-Escalation-to-SYSTEM","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-serviceinstance-dll-bitdefender-antivirus-free-2020/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://safebreach.com/Post/BitDefender-Antivirus-Free-2020-Privilege-Escalation-to-SYSTEM","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-serviceinstance-dll-bitdefender-antivirus-free-2020/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15295","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}