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Microsoft Windows 7 Defender Improper Pathname Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 10 Jul 2013 15:13 Release Date: 10 Jul 2013 3812 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Security software and application - Security Software & Appliance

TYPE: Security Software & Appliance

This is an elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code in the security context of the LocalSystem account and take complete control of the system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. An attacker must have valid logon credentials to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited by anonymous users.


Impact

  • Elevation of Privilege

System / Technologies affected

  • Windows Defender for Windows 7 (x86)
  • Windows Defender for Windows 7 (x64)
  • Windows Defender when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)

Solutions

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