vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-0762: Windows Defender Security Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 10, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 10, 2020
Added
Mar 10, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender Security Center handles certain objects in memory.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Windows Defender Security Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0763.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4561621microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4561608microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4560960microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4560960microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4557957microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4561608msft-kb4540673-27a7325b-a765-4956-ab15-a19091b61221msft-kb4540673-c13c3539-3ef4-481b-a305-d44fe74d2165
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