Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft products - CVE-2021-24092

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft products - CVE-2021-24092

Published: February 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50489
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-24092
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Endpoint Protection
Microsoft Security Essentials
Windows Defender
Software vendor:
Microsoft

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Microsoft Defender, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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