CVE-2019-1161
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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. An attacker could then run a specially crafted command that could exploit the vulnerability and delete protected files on an affected system once MpSigStub.exe ran again. The update addresses the vulnerability and blocks the arbitrary deletion.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Microsoft Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
Version range not reported
- Microsoft Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection
Version range not reported
- Microsoft Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection
Version range not reported
- Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials
Version range not reported
- Microsoft Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
Version range not reported
- Microsoft Windows Defender
Version range not reported