CVE-2025-47161 (GCVE-0-2025-47161)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-15 19:21
Modified
2025-07-15 01:11
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux Version: 101.0.0   < 101.25022.0002
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