Vulnerabilities > Microsoft > Security Essentials > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2020-07-14 CVE-2020-1461 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
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'.
local
low complexity
microsoft
7.1
2020-06-09 CVE-2020-1170 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in Microsoft products
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-732
7.8
2020-06-09 CVE-2020-1163 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
local
low complexity
microsoft
7.8
2020-04-15 CVE-2020-1002 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
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'.
local
low complexity
microsoft
7.1
2019-09-23 CVE-2019-1255 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles files, aka 'Microsoft Defender Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
network
low complexity
microsoft
7.5
2019-08-14 CVE-2019-1161 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
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.
local
low complexity
microsoft
7.1
2018-04-04 CVE-2018-0986 Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Microsoft products
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Defender, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection.
network
low complexity
microsoft CWE-787
8.8
2017-06-29 CVE-2017-8558 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703 does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-119
7.8
2017-05-26 CVE-2017-8540 Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Microsoft products
The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016, does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-787
7.8