Security Essentials vulnerabilities

2 known vulnerabilities in Security Essentials from Microsoft. 2 are rated high or critical, and 2 have been exploited in real attacks. Each entry lists the affected versions and the release that fixes it, where the vendor has published one.

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• 7.8 High severity

  Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Exploited

  CVE-2021-1647Jan 12, 2021MicrosoftEPSS 39.7%

  Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• 7.8 High severity

  Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Improper Restriction of Operations Exploited

  CVE-2017-8540May 26, 2017MicrosoftEPSS 71.9%

  The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, a