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CVE-2021-24092: Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Endpoint Protection: all versions
• Microsoft Security Essentials: all versions
• Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection: 2012, 2012-r2
• Microsoft Windows Defender: all versions
• Microsoft Endpoint Protection: all versions
• Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection: all versions
• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection: all versions
• Microsoft Security Essentials: all versions
• Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Defender: all versions

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-24092
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-24092

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