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CVE-2020-1002

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1
7.1CVSS HIGH

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'.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (3)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1002 ↗