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CVE-2020-1163

VendormicrosoftProductforefront endpoint protection 2010, security essentials, system center endpoint protection, windows defenderDiscoveredJun 9, 2020UpdatedNov 21, 2024

An 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 system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1170.

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CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.89%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 6, 2026
▲ 0.04pp
0.85% → 0.89% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jun 9, 2020
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024