Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges

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Metadaten

  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-07-09 08:48 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-07-15 11:43 UTC
  • CVSS: 7.8
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: 6c151b4e91a62b20e67ddf37d686324bf057ce62b19638eed16b5fe42cbcbf4b

Inhalt

Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine ("mpengine.dll"), which provides scanning, detection, and cleaning capabilities for its antivirus and

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-50656

HIGH

7.8

HIGH

7.8

2026-06-16

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