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Security Updates for Windows Defender (March 2024)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192025

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Synopsis

An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability.

Description

The Antimalware Platform version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.18.24010.12. It is, therefore, affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could prevent Microsoft Defender from starting.

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

Solution

Update Microsoft Defender to platform version 4.18.24010.12 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4de0382c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192025

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_mar_win_defender.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/13/2024

Updated: 3/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/svcs

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20671

IAVA: 2024-A-0155