{"id":"CVE-2019-17099","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-17099","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:38:11.583Z","title":"An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in EPSecurityService.exe as used in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 6.6.11.163 allows an attacker to load an arbitrary DLL file from the search path.","description":"An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in EPSecurityService.exe as used in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 6.6.11.163 allows an attacker to load an arbitrary DLL file from the search path. This issue affects: Bitdefender EPSecurityService.exe versions prior to 6.6.11.163.","published":"2020-01-27T18:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:23:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve-requests@bitdefender.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["bitdefender/endpoint security tools"],"epss":{"score":0.00652,"percentile":0.50952,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (0.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-epsecurityservice-exe-va-3500/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve-requests@bitdefender.com"},{"url":"https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-epsecurityservice-exe-va-3500/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17099","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."}