Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-1461 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products

CVSS 7.1 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

microsoft

NVD

Published: 2020-07-14

Updated: 2021-07-21

Summary

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'.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Microsoft Microsoft Windows Defender - Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection - Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection 2012	6
OS	Microsoft Microsoft Windows 10 - Microsoft Windows 10 1607 Microsoft Windows 10 1709 Microsoft Windows 10 1803 Microsoft Windows 10 1809 Microsoft Windows 10 1903 Microsoft Windows 10 1909 Microsoft Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1903 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 -	19

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1461