CVE-2024-20671 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0029.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Windows Defender Antimalware Platform

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0.0.0`	affected	< 4.18.24010.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_antimalware_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-18386	Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20671

History

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Microsoft windows Defender
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft windows Defender Antimalware Platform
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_antimalware_platform::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft windows Defender Antimalware Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-03-12T16:57:41.405Z

Updated: 2025-05-03T00:46:38.629Z

Reserved: 2023-11-28T22:58:12.116Z

Link: CVE-2024-20671

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:42.288Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-12T17:15:48.963

Modified: 2024-11-29T20:40:08.810

Link: CVE-2024-20671

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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