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Security Updates for Windows Defender (April 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174162

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Synopsis

An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.20200.4. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released KB2267602 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3bed4ba6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174162

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_apr_win_defender.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/12/2023

Updated: 4/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_defender

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Windows Defender

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24860

MSFT: MS23-2267602

MSKB: 2267602