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CVE-2021-24092

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

7.8 HighPublic exploit

CVE-2021-24092 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Endpoint Protection, published February 25, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.8 HighCVSS 3.1, CVE List
Exploit chance
0.61%EPSS, 49th percentile
Exploitation
None known1 public exploit
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Microsoft Defender 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

0.61%Down 3.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubHORKimhab/CVE-2021-240922026-08-22

What each source reports

CVE List Score used7.8

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2021-24092
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS: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
EUVDEUVD-2021-110087.8

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
EUVD-2021-11008
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS: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
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rh6f-h7jm-q6qr7.8

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
GHSA-rh6f-h7jm-q6qr
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD7.8

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2021-24092
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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