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Security Updates for Windows Defender (July 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178243

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Synopsis

An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Description

The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.23050.3. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege 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: 178243

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jul_win_defender.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/13/2023

Updated: 7/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 7/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33156

MSFT: MS23-2267602

MSKB: 2267602