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CVE-2020-1163

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.85% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-06-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2020-1163
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.85%
Microsoft Windows

Original NVD Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1170.

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