CVE-2024-21315

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.64% (50th) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
36 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-264US
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affected products (36)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 36
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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2024-0388Microsoft Defender: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-02-13csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Microsoft Defender ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

  • msrc_CVE-2024-21315Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2024-02-20csaf · msrc_csafUS

    To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundmsrc_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-02-13modified 2026-08-10
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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