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CVE-2025-47161: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux: before 101.25022.0002 — fixed in 101.25022.0002
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux: from 101.0.0 before 101.25022.0002 — fixed in 101.25022.0002

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux 101.25022.0002; Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux 101.25022.0002. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47161

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