CVE-2025-47161
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-47161- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-15199
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-15199- 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-ww93-7rhp-2gf3
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-ww93-7rhp-2gf3- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-47161- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) - Elevation of Privilege | 2025-07-08 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-47161 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Defender For Endpoint, published May 15, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.84%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.