CVE-2022-37971

⚠️ high

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Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS Score

7.1

High

EPSS Score

0.3

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2022-10-11

First Seen: 2026-01-05

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 53.3% of all 328,009 vulnerabilities in our database.

#153,061

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

Last Modified 2025-01-02

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
microsoft	malware_protection_engine	Affected	< 1.1.19700.2

Patch Vendor Advisory

CVE ID	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Summary	Published
CVE-2026-41091	⚠️ high	7.8	5.9	Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to el...	2026-05-20
CVE-2026-45584	⚠️ high	8.1	0.0	Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Defender allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.	2026-05-20
CVE-2023-33156	🔶 medium	6.3	0.1	Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability	2023-07-11
CVE-2023-24860	⚠️ high	7.5	4.1	Microsoft Defender Denial of Service Vulnerability	2023-04-11
CVE-2023-23389	🔶 medium	6.3	0.1	Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability	2023-03-14
CVE-2022-24548	🔶 medium	5.5	4.3	Microsoft Defender Denial of Service Vulnerability	2022-04-15

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