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Security Updates for Windows Defender (August 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179675

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Synopsis

An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.23060.3001. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

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

Note: this plugin will not fire if Windows Defender is disabled.

Solution

Enable automatic updates to update the malware engine for the relevant antimalware applications. Refer to Knowledge Base Article 2510781 for information on how to verify that MMPE has been updated.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?8f15daf6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179675

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_aug_win_defender.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/10/2023

Updated: 6/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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: 8/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38175