5.5
Medium
CVE-2026-56178 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:CExploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac 101.0 | 101.0.0 → < 101.26042.0020 | 101.26042.0020 |
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