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CVE-2019-1161 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub

An 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 to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted command that could ex

CVSS
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EPSS
0.56% (top 31.90%)
CWE
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Published
2019-08-14T20:55:03.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T18:06:31.818Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An 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 to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted command that could exploit the vulnerability and delete protected files on an affected system once MpSigStub.exe ran again. The update…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010N/A
MicrosoftMicrosoft System Center Endpoint ProtectionN/A
MicrosoftMicrosoft System Center 2012 R2 Endpoint ProtectionN/A
MicrosoftMicrosoft Security EssentialsN/A
MicrosoftMicrosoft System Center 2012 Endpoint ProtectionN/A
MicrosoftWindows DefenderN/A

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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