CVE-2011-0037
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0063)
- Published
- February 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0063 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / forefront client security
- microsoft / forefront endpoint protection 2010
- microsoft / malicious software removal tool
- microsoft / malware protection engine
- microsoft / malware protection engine
- microsoft / malware protection engine
- microsoft / security essentials
- microsoft / windows defender
- microsoft / windows live onecare
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43468(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025117
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2491888.mspx(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46540
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0486(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65626
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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