Microsoft has confirmed a critical vulnerability in Windows Defender that could leak file content data but advised users to do nothing—here’s why.
Microsoft has confirmed that a critical-rated security vulnerability that impacted Windows Defender and could allow the improper authorization of an index containing sensitive information from a global files search would allow an attacker to disclose that data over a network.
Debricked reported that there have been no known exploitations of the vulnerability, despite the attack complexity being low. An attacker would have required some degree of access to Windows Defender in order to have been able to exploit this vulnerability.You might think it odd that Microsoft’s advice to concerned users is that they need do nothing concerning this critical vulnerability impacting Windows Defender file content integrity.
And that is the case here: “The vulnerability documented by this CVE requires no customer action to resolve,” Microsoft said, “this vulnerability has already been fully mitigated by Microsoft.” So, there we have it. A critical Windows Defender vulnerability fixed quietly in the background, but with full transparency from Microsoft. Now that’s what good security looks like.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations.
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