CVE-2020-1002High

Microsoft advisory for CVE-2020-1002

Published
April 14, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products46

  • Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
  • Microsoft Security Essentials
  • Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
  • Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection
  • Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Defender on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows RT 8.1
  • Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
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🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2020-1002

EchelonGraph score
7.1 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but no release containing it is confirmed — find the release that contains it; until it is applied, mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation).

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

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'.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2020-1002, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (1)