CVE-2026-45647

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jun 9, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Title Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft defender For Endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-367
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft defender For Endpoint
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
microsoft
Published
Updated
Nov 10, 2026, 11:24 PM
Reserved
May 12, 2026, 8:33 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 9, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Jul 23, 2026, 8:10 AM