Vulnerability CVE-2019-1161


Published: 2019-08-14

Description:
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'.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.6/10
9.2/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Forefront endpoint protection 2010 
Microsoft -> Security essentials 
Microsoft -> System center endpoint protection 
Microsoft -> System center endpoint protection 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows defender 

 References:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1161

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