RCE Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Defender

Microsoft has released a security advisory to address a remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2021-1647, in Microsoft Defender. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability was detected in exploits in the wild. CISA encourages users...

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This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Security Updates released for Microsoft Windows Defender Protection Engine dated 12-01-2021 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by...

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CVE-2021-1647

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2021-01-12 22:58:05+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cibsecurity/22013 2021-01-13 04:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.govcert.gov.hk/en/alertsdetail.php?id=538 2021-01-13 06:13:41+00:00| exploited| https://t.me/thehackernews/979 2021-01-13 10:28:16+00:00|...

CVE-2021-1647

Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability...

CVE-2021-1647 Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVE-2021-1647 Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVE-2021-1647

CVE-2021-1647 is a Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution vulnerability. Multiple sources indicate it was exploited in the wild before patches were available, affecting Microsoft Defender/Windows Defender. The advisory notes a remote code execution risk; exploitation could allow an attacker to ...

Security Update for Windows Defender (January 2021)

The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.17600.5. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified remote code execution vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execut...