CVE-2005-1286

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in BitDefender 8 allows local users to prevent BitDefender from starting by creating a malicious C:\program.exe, possibly due to the lack of quoting of the full pathname when executing a process.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1286 is rated Low Risk (12/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1286

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1286

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1286

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1286

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
softwin bitdefender_antivirus professional_plus_8 cpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender_antivirus:professional_plus_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
softwin bitdefender_antivirus standard_8 cpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender_antivirus:standard_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1286

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