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Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1461)

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Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1461)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/14/2020
Created
09/16/2020
Added
08/26/2020
Modified
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

References

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