Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1170
High 7.8
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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1163.