CVE-2020-1163
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Defender that leads arbitrary file deletion on the system.To exploit the…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 41% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Elevation of Privilege
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection
- affected 2010
Microsoft · Microsoft System Center
- affected Endpoint Protection
- affected 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection
- affected 2012 Endpoint Protection
Microsoft · Microsoft Security Essentials
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows RT 8.1
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Service Pack 2
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems (Server Core installation)
- affected Service Pack 2
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
- affected Service Pack 2
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems
- affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
- affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Server Core installation)
- affected Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
References (1)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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