Security features bypass in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine and Windows Defender - CVE-2023-24934

 

Security features bypass in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine and Windows Defender - CVE-2023-24934

Published: April 15, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75143
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24934
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass malware detection mechanism.

The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified error in Microsoft malware protection engine. A remote attacker can trick the victim to download a malicious file that bypasses the Windows Defender detection.


Affected software

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
Windows Defender

How to mitigate CVE-2023-24934

Install updates from vendor's website.

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine - update to 1.1.20200.4
Windows Defender - update to 1.387.1114.0

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