Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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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
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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-09T17:49:21.365Z

Reserved: 2026-05-12T20:33:35.157Z

Link: CVE-2026-45647

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-09T17:17:31.797

Modified: 2026-06-09T17:17:31.797

Link: CVE-2026-45647

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