CVE-2026-33825 (GCVE-0-2026-33825)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-14 16:57
Modified
2026-04-17 16:12
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
Summary
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform Version: 4.0.0.0   < 4.18.26030.3011
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