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CVE-2024-21315: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2024-02-13 · updated 2026-08-10
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux: before 10.0.25398.531; before 10.0.19045.3693; before 10.0.22621.2715; before 6.3.9600.21813; before 10.0.14393.6452; before 6.2.9200.24710 — fixed in 10.0.10240.20308, 10.0.14393.6452, 10.0.17763.5122, 10.0.19043.3693, 10.0.19045.3693, 10.0.20348.2113
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux: from 1.0.0.0 before 10.0.17763.5122 — fixed in 10.0.17763.5122

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux 10.0.10240.20308, 10.0.14393.6452, 10.0.17763.5122, 10.0.19043.3693; Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux 10.0.17763.5122. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21315
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21315

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