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Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-42298)

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Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-42298)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/09/2021
Created
11/10/2021
Added
11/09/2021
Modified
09/08/2022

Description

Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution(s)

  • windows-defender-upgrade-latest

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