CVE-2024-21315HighCVSS 7.8

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
February 20, 2024
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-21315 →

📋 Description

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

This CVE was addressed by updates that were released in November 2023, but the CVE was inadvertently omitted from the November 2023 Security Updates. Microsoft strongly recommends that customers running affected versions of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection install the November 2023 updates to be protected from this vulnerability.

🎯 Affected products30

  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2022
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows on Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5032196 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.5122 KB5032198 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2113 KB5032247 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24569 KB5032192 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2600 KB5032189 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19041.3693 KB5032189 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19043.3693 KB5032199 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20308 KB5032197 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.6452 KB5034819 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.21813 KB5032190 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.2715 KB5032190 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.2715 KB5032189 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.3693 KB5032202 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.531 KB5034830 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24710

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