An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerabi
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- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1163.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- Microsoft Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection
2010
- Microsoft Microsoft System Center
2012 R2 Endpoint Protection, 2012 Endpoint Protection
- Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows RT 8.1
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems (Server Core installation)
Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems
Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Server Core installation)
Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012 R2
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- Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
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