Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Defender privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Defender. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-37971. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (Anti-Malware Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Defender. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/11/2022 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-37971. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-40578). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.1
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

08/08/2022 🔍
10/11/2022 +64 days 🔍
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10/11/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2026 +1347 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-37971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-37971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210500
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2022 20:39
Updated: 06/20/2026 05:50
Changes: 10/11/2022 20:39 (31), 10/11/2022 20:42 (23), 11/05/2022 18:45 (2), 11/05/2022 18:52 (13), 01/03/2025 10:29 (15), 06/20/2026 05:50 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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