Security essentials
This hub aggregates every CVE we track for Security essentials, a product in the security products space. Use it to gauge the current risk picture and drill into individual advisories.
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Latest CVEs
The 15 most recently published vulnerabilities affecting Security essentials.
- CVE-2021-24092Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability7.8
- CVE-2021-1647Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityKEV7.8
- CVE-2020-1461An 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 t...7.1
- CVE-2020-1163An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the syste...7.8
- CVE-2020-1170An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the syste...7.8
- CVE-2020-1002An 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 t...7.1
- CVE-2019-1255A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles files, aka 'Microsoft Defender Denial of Service Vulnerability'.7.5
- CVE-2019-1161Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability7.1
- CVE-2018-0986A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Prote...8.8
- CVE-2017-8558The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows...7.8
- CVE-2017-8536The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold a...5.5
- CVE-2017-8535The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold a...5.5
- CVE-2017-8537The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold a...5.5
- CVE-2017-8540The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold a...KEV7.8
- CVE-2017-0290The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold a...7.8
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