VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1163

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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-2020-1170.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references