Known Vulnerabilities for Windows Defender by Microsoft

Listed below are 10 of the newest known vulnerabilities associated with "Windows Defender" by "Microsoft".

These CVEs are retrieved based on exact matches on listed software, hardware, and vendor information (CPE data) as well as a keyword search to ensure the newest vulnerabilities with no officially listed software information are still displayed.

Data on known vulnerable versions is also displayed based on information from known CPEs

Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2021-24092 Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability 7.8 - HIGH 2021-02-25 2023-12-29
CVE-2021-1647 Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 7.8 - HIGH 2021-01-12 2023-12-29
CVE-2020-1461 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary location... 7.1 - HIGH 2020-07-14 2021-07-21
CVE-2020-1170 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploi... 7.8 - HIGH 2020-06-09 2021-07-21
CVE-2020-1163 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploi... 7.8 - HIGH 2020-06-09 2021-07-21
CVE-2020-1002 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary location... 7.1 - HIGH 2020-04-15 2021-09-09
CVE-2020-0835 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka ... 7.8 - HIGH 2020-04-15 2021-07-21
CVE-2019-1255 A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles files, aka 'Microsoft Defender Denial of ... 7.5 - HIGH 2019-09-23 2021-09-09
CVE-2019-1161 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary location... 7.1 - HIGH 2019-08-14 2021-09-09
CVE-2018-0986 A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially ... 8.8 - HIGH 2018-04-04 2021-09-09
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationMicrosoftWindows Defender-AllAllAll
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