CVE-2024-20671
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-20671- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-18386
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-18386- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vp94-mx6w-4h86
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-vp94-mx6w-4h86- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-20671- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-20671 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows Defender Antimalware Platform, published March 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.