CVE-2021-24092

VendormicrosoftProductsecurity essentials, system center endpoint protection, windows defender, endpoint protectionDiscoveredFeb 25, 2021UpdatedNov 21, 2024

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.61%

probability of exploitation in 30 days

CISA KEV

Not listed

no confirmed exploitation reported

News coverage

sources referencing this CVE

Related IOCs

seen in the same coverage

EPSS Trend

Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026

▲ 0.07pp

0.55% → 0.61% over 4 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

5 relationships

CWE-269

source

Timeline

disclosure → media coverage

Feb 25, 2021

Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024

Public PoC (1)

github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2021-24092

Unverified third-party code — review before executing.