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Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1255)

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Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1255)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/23/2019
Created
09/16/2020
Added
08/26/2020
Modified
09/08/2022

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles files, aka 'Microsoft Defender Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Solution(s)

  • windows-defender-upgrade-latest

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