CVE-2024-21315
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-21315- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-19028
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-19028- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7vw-8r54-mfcg
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-j7vw-8r54-mfcg- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-21315- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2024-21315 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Defender For Endpoint, published February 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.