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CVE record · 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,…

No CVSS scoreEPSS 0.016 · 76th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 9 Jun 2020, 19:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection
  • affected 2010
Microsoft Microsoft System Center
  • affected Endpoint Protection
  • affected 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection
  • affected 2012 Endpoint Protection
Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
  • affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows RT 8.1
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems (Server Core installation)
  • affected Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
  • affected Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems
  • affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
  • affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Server Core installation)
  • affected Service Pack 1

And 4 more products. The full list is on the CVE record.

Identifiers
CVE-2020-1170
CNA
microsoft
Tags
Published
9 Jun 2020
Updated
4 Aug 2024

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.016, the 76th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Jun 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.