CVE-2011-0037

high
Published 2011-02-25 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.2

Description

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine before 1.1.6603.0, as used in Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), Windows Defender, Security Essentials, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, and Windows Live OneCare, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted value of an unspecified user registry key.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ€” if you've already worked around this in production โ€” publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftforefront_client_security
windows microsoftforefront_endpoint_protection_2010-
windows microsoftmalicious_software_removal_tool
windows microsoftmalware_protection_engine{"endIncluding":"1.1.6502.0"}
windows microsoftmalware_protection_engine0.1.13.192
windows microsoftmalware_protection_engine1.1.3520.0
windows microsoftsecurity_essentials
windows microsoftwindows_defender
windows microsoftwindows_live_onecare

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.