Description
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected products
microsoft: defender for endpoint; microsoft: windows server 2022 23h2; microsoft: windows 10 22h2; microsoft: windows 11 22h2; microsoft: windows 11 23h2; microsoft: windows server 2012; microsoft: windows 10 1607; microsoft: windows server 2016; microsoft: windows 10 1507; microsoft: windows 10 21h2; microsoft: windows 11 21h2; microsoft: windows server 2022; microsoft: windows 10 1809; microsoft: windows server 2019
References2
- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21315 PatchVendor Advisory
- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21315 PatchVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 51 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-20
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