PT-2021-3811

CVE-2021-34471

Published

2021-05-05

Updated

2023-12-28

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MPE) (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Windows Defender (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MPE), which can be exploited to elevate privileges or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impacts

Researchers

Abdelhamid Naceri

Halov

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CWE-264

Related identifiers

CVE-2021-34471