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CVE-2023-21809

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-21809 is a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender Security Intelligence Updates. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass security features with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it was mentioned in one article regarding Microsoft's February 2023 Patch Tuesday, indicating some media coverage and community discussion. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and its EPSS score is relatively low, suggesting a lower probability of exploitation in the wild compared to many other CVEs.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.379.200.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_security_intelligence_updates:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Defender Security Intelligence UpdatesFixed in: 1.379.200.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Feb/CVE-2023-21809Important

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Feb 14, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21809
PatchVendor Advisory