CVE-2021-24092 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender, allowing a local attacker to gain administrative privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code like Metasploit, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:security_essentials:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.