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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Microsoft Defender code execution

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-1647

Microsoft Defender could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper handling of objects in memory. By using a specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.

Impact

Execute arbitrary code

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Remediation

Refer to vendor advisory for the complete list of affected products and their respective patches.

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-us/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1647

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