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CVE-2025-47161

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-47161 describes an improper access control vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, allowing a local attacker to elevate privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation grants high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-52355) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 101.25022.0002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-52355 · Jul 8, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 msrc
Product: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for LinuxFixed in: 101.25022.0002
View patch
microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2025-May/CVE-2025-47161Important

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

May 13, 2025

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47161
Vendor Advisory