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CVE-2020-1002 — 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, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS
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EPSS
0.33% (top 44.50%)
CWE
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Published
2020-04-15T15:13:20.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T06:24:59.503Z
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, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft Forefront Endpoint Protection2010
MicrosoftMicrosoft System CenterEndpoint Protection, 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection, 2012 Endpoint Protection
MicrosoftMicrosoft Security Essentialsunspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2019unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2016unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 7 for 32bit Systems — Service Pack 1
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 7 for x64based Systems — Service Pack 1
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 8.1 for 32bit systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows 8.1 for x64based systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows RT 8.1unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32bit Systems — Service Pack 2
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32bit Systems (Server Core installation) — Service Pack 2
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for ItaniumBased Systems — Service Pack 2
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for ItaniumBased Systems — Service Pack 1
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64based Systems — Service Pack 1
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64based Systems (Server Core installation) — Service Pack 1
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2012unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2012 R2unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Defender on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)unspecified

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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