CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1461
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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'.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows defender
• microsoft forefront endpoint protection 2010
• microsoft security essentials
• microsoft system center endpoint protection
• microsoft system center endpoint protection 2012
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1461 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1461 Patch, Vendor Advisory