CVE-2022-37971: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.1epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 48% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Malware Protection EngineRelated CVEs — Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
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