Secured-core PCs help customers stay ahead of advanced data theft

Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology recently revealed information around "Thunderspy," an attack that relies on leveraging direct memory access DMA functionality to compromise devices. An attacker with physical access to a system can use Thunderspy to read and copy data even fro...

How to gain 24/7 detection and response coverage with Microsoft Defender ATP

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligence Security Association guest blog series. To learn more about MISA, go...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Windows Defender operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of Microsoft Windows Defender operating system is related to the use of pre-installed user accounts. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to increase their privileges...

Security Updates for Microsoft Defender (April 2020)

The version of Microsoft Malware Protection Signature Update Stub MpSigStub.exe installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.16638.0. It is, therefore, affected by a elevation of privilege vulnerability which could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to elevate...

Security Updates for Windows Defender (April 2020)

The engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.18.2001.112. It is, therefore, affected by a hard link elevation of privilege vulnerability which could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to elevate privileges on the...

Microsoft Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Defender Antimalware Platform is a suite of anti-malware platforms from Microsoft USA. A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Defender Antimalware Platform, which stems from the program's inability to handle hard-coded links. An attacker could exploit the...

CVE-2020-1002

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-1002

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-0835

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-1002

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-1002

CVE-2020-1002 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Defender linked to MpSigStub.exe, enabling an attacker who is logged on to delete files in arbitrary locations. The issue requires local access and user interaction-free exploitation via a specially crafted command, with exploi...

CVE-2020-0835

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-0835

CVE-2020-0835 affects Microsoft Windows Defender Antimalware Platform. The root cause is improper handling of hard links in the Defender engine, enabling local elevation of privilege when a user runs a crafted program on affected systems. Public sources note the vulnerability exists in Defender a...

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Apr 2020)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Security Updates released for Microsoft Malware Protection Engine dated 23-09-2019 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the...

Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform EoP Vulnerability (Apr 2020)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Security Updates released for Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform dated 14th April 2020 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C b...

April Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Battles 4 Bugs Under Active Exploit

Microsoft has released its April 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates, its first big patch update released since the work-from-home era truly got underway. It’s a doozie, with the tech giant disclosing 113 vulnerabilities. Out of these, 19 are rated as critical, and 94 are rated as important...

Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first...

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted command that could exploit the...