CVE-2020-1170

3 known exploits for CVE-2020-1170

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1163.

Affected products: Windows Defender
Microsoft Windows Defender: All versions

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGH
EPSS: 1.6% (74th percentile)
Weakness: CWE-732
NVD status: Modified
Published: 2020-06-09

CVE-2020-1170 at NVD

Authoritative description, scoring and affected products

Cloud Filter Arbitrary File Creation / Privilege Escalation Exploit

2021-01-12 metasploitZDTRuby

Cloud Filter Arbitrary File Creation / Privilege Escalation

2021-01-12 Grant WillcoxPACKETSTORMRuby

CVE-2020-1170 Cloud Filter Arbitrary File Creation EOP

2020-03-10 James Foreshaw, Grant WillcoxMETASPLOITRuby