cve-2022-37971
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-11 00:00
Modified
2025-01-02 21:27
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37971
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37971Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories/cve-2022-37971
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Version: 1.1.0.0   < 1.1.19700.2
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