Microsoft Windows Defender privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows Defender, Security Essentials, System Center Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-1163. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Defender, Security Essentials, System Center Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 06/09/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1163. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/10/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at VDB-156321. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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11/04/2019 🔍
06/09/2020 +218 days 🔍
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06/10/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/23/2020 +135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-1163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156320
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2020 06:22
Updated: 10/23/2020 06:20
Changes: 06/10/2020 06:22 (43), 06/10/2020 06:26 (17), 10/23/2020 06:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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