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Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE ListKnown exploited1 source record

Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-33825

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-33825

Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Microsoft",
    "product": "Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.0.0.0",
        "lessThan": "4.18.26030.3011",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-33825

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Linked CVE context

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CVE-2026-33825 · Unrated

Defender · Known exploited (CISA KEV)

Event
#29183 · Revision 1
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