Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1002
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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'.