CVE-2020-1461: Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Security Essentials: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection: affected versions not specified; version 2012 only
• Microsoft Windows Defender: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-07-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.