Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1002)
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
04/15/2020
02/20/2021
02/18/2021
09/08/2022
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Solution(s)
- windows-defender-upgrade-latest
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